How to Install and Uninstall libreadline8 Package on Ubuntu 22.04 LTS (Jammy Jellyfish)

Last updated: December 18,2024

You can also install and uninstall the libreadline8 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 "libreadline8" package

Learn how to install libreadline8 on Ubuntu 22.04 LTS (Jammy Jellyfish)


    
        
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                sudo apt update
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
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2. Uninstall "libreadline8" package

Please follow the instructions below to uninstall libreadline8 on Ubuntu 22.04 LTS (Jammy Jellyfish):


    
        
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                sudo apt remove
            
                        
                libreadline8
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the libreadline8 package on Ubuntu 22.04 LTS (Jammy Jellyfish)

Package: libreadline8
Architecture: amd64
Version: 8.1.2-1
Multi-Arch: same
Priority: important
Section: libs
Source: readline
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Matthias Klose
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 461
Depends: readline-common, libc6 (>= 2.33), libtinfo6 (>= 6)
Filename: pool/main/r/readline/libreadline8_8.1.2-1_amd64.deb
Size: 153210
MD5sum: 5c6ea4b0f2a30fc0054fb8e6b2b65b82
SHA1: 674a564c77e3c831875121d938b5ce704d11681b
SHA256: 51fd16f608efa710c987e4b071ffba0bec63a9ac8e55eddd5770f5e5252edc09
SHA512: fa7cd79731d535294ec3e0e03f8589d6ae434498c9fb76e2ca7fb9bb19f15b9a9c2717747f410580720e7d596aeb75c90b3a08c45e7c018a8e27be6915530d4b
Description: GNU readline and history libraries, run-time libraries
Description-md5: 02109af5819248ca867891090079f329
Task: minimal, server-minimal