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

Last updated: November 22,2024

You can also install and uninstall the readline-common 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 "readline-common" package

Please follow the instructions below to install readline-common 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 "readline-common" package

This guide let you learn how to uninstall readline-common on Ubuntu 22.04 LTS (Jammy Jellyfish):


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

Package: readline-common
Architecture: all
Version: 8.1.2-1
Multi-Arch: foreign
Priority: important
Section: utils
Source: readline
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Matthias Klose
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 80
Depends: dpkg (>= 1.15.4) | install-info
Suggests: readline-doc
Conflicts: libreadline-common, libreadline5 (<< 5.0-11)
Replaces: libreadline-common, libreadline4 (<< 4.3-16), libreadline5 (<< 5.0-11)
Filename: pool/main/r/readline/readline-common_8.1.2-1_all.deb
Size: 53544
MD5sum: 3da5396e94130f486a30481e5b6b933b
SHA1: 8da61fa524d7428494e75f9bd540054961879e7a
SHA256: a78d02935f6107a12d3d349c25ce4f92fcdcbf6b65e37f1f5a13a9054b5b9e94
SHA512: 78bbb46a95a0bcadb4732d1839267f55c9b892f544e07143ff89a903b38bd5f4fe4e3084d9a66cb1fccff1496b16c7b333e3b24b5a9d72bf3813a094fbcbf67d
Description: GNU readline and history libraries, common files
Description-md5: c8e28b105311ffa41fe6e8f86c041f82
Task: minimal, server-minimal