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

Last updated: February 24,2025

You can also install and uninstall the lua-readline-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 "lua-readline-dev" package

Please follow the instructions below to install lua-readline-dev on Ubuntu 22.04 LTS (Jammy Jellyfish)


    
        
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
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2. Uninstall "lua-readline-dev" package

Please follow the guidelines below to uninstall lua-readline-dev on Ubuntu 22.04 LTS (Jammy Jellyfish):


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

Package: lua-readline-dev
Architecture: amd64
Version: 3.0-1
Multi-Arch: same
Priority: optional
Section: universe/libdevel
Source: lua-readline
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Debian Lua Team
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 100
Provides: lua5.1-readline-dev, lua5.2-readline-dev, lua5.3-readline-dev, lua5.4-readline-dev
Depends: lua-readline (= 3.0-1)
Filename: pool/universe/l/lua-readline/lua-readline-dev_3.0-1_amd64.deb
Size: 13570
MD5sum: 721c8d894d0eb5610bb2ab4d85ddd983
SHA1: ccf6f5ab2e8c8a42594f7111de882dd2f02226ee
SHA256: 3283f259cf85e00ddb826b18037351f3bd15dca0f0cd25b13037787d24c9bcd4
SHA512: 4e3aaa7c2c835bbf333d56f819d1455958cd6cb9dbecca15a3e6a5bb935124a233f22c9f303dd470689ef76e3ee60c8e343a03434eb7243bcfc6a8489c08ff99
Homepage: https://pjb.com.au/comp/lua/readline.html
Description: readline development files for the Lua language
Description-md5: f74eacb421efcfb209976dbd719aac96
Lua-Versions: 5.1 5.2 5.3 5.4