How to Install and Uninstall libedit-dev Package on Ubuntu 21.04 (Hirsute Hippo)

Last updated: May 13,2024

1. Install "libedit-dev" package

In this section, we are going to explain the necessary steps to install libedit-dev on Ubuntu 21.04 (Hirsute Hippo)


    
        
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                sudo apt update
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
                libedit-dev
            
                    
    
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2. Uninstall "libedit-dev" package

Here is a brief guide to show you how to uninstall libedit-dev on Ubuntu 21.04 (Hirsute Hippo):


    
        
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                sudo apt remove
            
                        
                libedit-dev
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the libedit-dev package on Ubuntu 21.04 (Hirsute Hippo)

Package: libedit-dev
Architecture: amd64
Version: 3.1-20191231-2
Multi-Arch: same
Priority: optional
Section: libdevel
Source: libedit
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: LLVM Packaging Team
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 496
Depends: libedit2 (= 3.1-20191231-2), libbsd-dev (>= 0.1.3), libncurses-dev | libtinfo-dev
Filename: pool/main/libe/libedit/libedit-dev_3.1-20191231-2_amd64.deb
Size: 106636
MD5sum: fe4ad1c473b2ca7b20592164a2193e57
SHA1: df72c5367a905c7aa7ecec52e85b9c66fe4707b2
SHA256: 7b69c25f03f06f24c709c325be6139f5b471ef89bac7352708d76ff947dde4a1
SHA512: 826d227ff1b0314c573a65e24ddadabe541b2c2de2b1f62994a969886b432285d1ad27b86f053d747cb23b9e6fa54af84de8e804822e7cdcbf70779ecab9d974
Homepage: https://www.thrysoee.dk/editline/
Description-en: BSD editline and history libraries (development files)
Command line editor library provides generic line editing,
history, and tokenization functions.
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It slightly resembles GNU readline.
Description-md5: d563680e6c8f51c40aea576bffaea165