How to Install and Uninstall libreadline-dev Package on Ubuntu 22.10 (Kinetic Kudu)

Last updated: January 10,2025

1. Install "libreadline-dev" package

Please follow the steps below to install libreadline-dev on Ubuntu 22.10 (Kinetic Kudu)


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

Please follow the guidelines below to uninstall libreadline-dev on Ubuntu 22.10 (Kinetic Kudu):


    
        
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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 22.10 (Kinetic Kudu)

Package: libreadline-dev
Architecture: amd64
Version: 8.2~rc2-2
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: 796
Provides: libreadline6-dev
Depends: libreadline8 (= 8.2~rc2-2), 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_8.2~rc2-2_amd64.deb
Size: 166864
MD5sum: fbb7a3569402b848371fb9c9dab53d8a
SHA1: e063bdeb4e66b2031e832f50984d8e40113cbade
SHA256: 7e8c2f4be958cfe67fc1b1dbd93810e280d95e2be6dd6c6cf61c9a6af57158de
SHA512: 5c08c87aa371b5300844066d9de76e458d8af551de5bc8aa57be99dd44032178ce72c8849a27338fa64b284ff04991251c24b0b8a8ac0ef1bb6c3654642e080a
Description: GNU readline and history libraries, development files
Description-md5: 3793ef1d4c2c0318abafe0980aadcd30