How to Install and Uninstall libedit-dev Package on Ubuntu 22.04 LTS (Jammy Jellyfish)

Last updated: December 23,2024

You can also install and uninstall the libedit-dev on the following distributions in the same way, as they are all based on the Ubuntu system

Kubuntu 22.04 LTS
Lubuntu 22.04 LTS
Xubuntu 22.04 LTS
Ubuntu MATE 22.04 LTS
Ubuntu Studio 22.04 LTS
Pop!_OS 22.04 LTS
Zorin OS 16 / Zorin OS 17
Ubuntu Budgie 22.04

1. Install "libedit-dev" package

Please follow the guidance below to install libedit-dev on Ubuntu 22.04 LTS (Jammy Jellyfish)


    
        
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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

Learn how to uninstall libedit-dev on Ubuntu 22.04 LTS (Jammy Jellyfish):


    
        
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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 22.04 LTS (Jammy Jellyfish)

Package: libedit-dev
Architecture: amd64
Version: 3.1-20210910-1build1
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: 495
Depends: libedit2 (= 3.1-20210910-1build1), libbsd-dev (>= 0.1.3), libncurses-dev | libtinfo-dev
Filename: pool/main/libe/libedit/libedit-dev_3.1-20210910-1build1_amd64.deb
Size: 118216
MD5sum: 30fb56351079ae4e11decea1343daea4
SHA1: 37d035eeab6b241c15cd09fa7dd4dcee6abb6fb8
SHA256: 6b8f4c32a81aafc56edb7b332c76cad0c84854ef3105d1d64df16dbad7e9a8fd
SHA512: c6c354c0072981dcf01658bdd2f9828859e6374c447b40d347aaf280ecfa57d850b72613fbdea83537f9495734a29e55bd4e3ece23a2002f0d0c0b276d98aeec
Homepage: https://www.thrysoee.dk/editline/
Description: BSD editline and history libraries (development files)
Description-md5: d563680e6c8f51c40aea576bffaea165