How to Install and Uninstall libedit2 Package on Ubuntu 22.04 LTS (Jammy Jellyfish)

Last updated: February 02,2025

You can also install and uninstall the libedit2 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 "libedit2" package

This guide let you learn how to install libedit2 on Ubuntu 22.04 LTS (Jammy Jellyfish)


    
        
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
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2. Uninstall "libedit2" package

Please follow the instructions below to uninstall libedit2 on Ubuntu 22.04 LTS (Jammy Jellyfish):


    
        
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                sudo apt remove
            
                        
                libedit2
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the libedit2 package on Ubuntu 22.04 LTS (Jammy Jellyfish)

Package: libedit2
Architecture: amd64
Version: 3.1-20210910-1build1
Multi-Arch: same
Priority: standard
Section: libs
Source: libedit
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: LLVM Packaging Team
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 260
Depends: libbsd0 (>= 0.1.3), libc6 (>= 2.33), libtinfo6 (>= 6)
Replaces: libedit-dev (<< 3.1-20180525-2~)
Filename: pool/main/libe/libedit/libedit2_3.1-20210910-1build1_amd64.deb
Size: 96766
MD5sum: 5c20c5f53b504ec4cf3b7ef633caa3d4
SHA1: 6079c3e0ac9755fb6c9835f215bb78475ba0d4a2
SHA256: fb8783bdf0a59aaabf4e9b29192170f6cc17aa2eb94bc672c15add37ff39525b
SHA512: 2c00e9ae4d000169f15de5a2ba692c309965a969792c01040aa87c8d792f763a4f71edc7c3daf84a9c2c3ff2b1470592c373a03f507839dd464f19fe6508ef6c
Homepage: https://www.thrysoee.dk/editline/
Description: BSD editline and history libraries
Description-md5: 16f9b7e3d0830d8027f7f78c9be66a88
Task: standard, server-minimal