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

Last updated: November 26,2024

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

This tutorial shows how to install rlwrap 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 "rlwrap" package

This guide let you learn how to uninstall rlwrap 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 rlwrap package on Ubuntu 22.04 LTS (Jammy Jellyfish)

Package: rlwrap
Architecture: amd64
Version: 0.43-1build3
Priority: optional
Section: universe/editors
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Mike Miller
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 302
Provides: readline-editor
Depends: perl:any, python3:any, libc6 (>= 2.15), libreadline8 (>= 6.3), libtinfo6 (>= 6)
Filename: pool/universe/r/rlwrap/rlwrap_0.43-1build3_amd64.deb
Size: 98224
MD5sum: ba548a3c186615806c8052cb4ffff925
SHA1: 4324ab1e4434c8926f6a5a1379b3d971091d7d5d
SHA256: 4707184628fd1c6a501ffcbd6a3048dd96cdc0a8b2e0a43b36c26f603142246e
SHA512: 4118c9b6d10b98e0702a24314644d30ca21ca34cd55de130b3e68ef1a3144b4d6fd5df9fb0f6f09675197f8785fd856fbed31d55af0db10cd2304656b86d45c7
Homepage: https://github.com/hanslub42/rlwrap
Description: readline feature command line wrapper
Description-md5: 2dd4e4df63ed824e61c4e21ad05cd1eb