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

Last updated: November 22,2024

You can also install and uninstall the libreadline-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 "libreadline-dev" package

In this section, we are going to explain the necessary steps to install libreadline-dev on Ubuntu 22.04 LTS (Jammy Jellyfish)


    
        
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
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2. Uninstall "libreadline-dev" package

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


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

Package: libreadline-dev
Architecture: amd64
Version: 8.1.2-1
Multi-Arch: same
Priority: optional
Section: libdevel
Source: readline
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Matthias Klose
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 784
Provides: libreadline6-dev
Depends: libreadline8 (= 8.1.2-1), libncurses-dev, dpkg (>= 1.15.4) | install-info
Suggests: readline-doc
Conflicts: libreadline-gplv2-dev, libreadline5-dev, libreadline6-dev
Filename: pool/main/r/readline/libreadline-dev_8.1.2-1_amd64.deb
Size: 166034
MD5sum: d5025b4f9e24bad0e348539f5dd40155
SHA1: fd70b1fb46f98316a77ad5bfa28354581d86cd75
SHA256: c30b3af432e58094d33fdd852c13f3c96460b8d778dd1f8f155aa9fca5758b86
SHA512: e2699a04eaf742b40754e94a3e93eb58059cf3a96cee52e52f15d04559ce87516599ab43106b87976179f9107dba601e074b5ca73ead58256f9353dfd10dc936
Description: GNU readline and history libraries, development files
Description-md5: 3793ef1d4c2c0318abafe0980aadcd30