How to Install and Uninstall readline-common Package on Ubuntu 22.10 (Kinetic Kudu)

Last updated: May 17,2024

1. Install "readline-common" package

This guide covers the steps necessary to install readline-common on Ubuntu 22.10 (Kinetic Kudu)


    
        
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                sudo apt update
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
                readline-common
            
                    
    
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2. Uninstall "readline-common" package

Please follow the instructions below to uninstall readline-common on Ubuntu 22.10 (Kinetic Kudu):


    
        
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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 22.10 (Kinetic Kudu)

Package: readline-common
Architecture: all
Version: 8.2~rc2-2
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: 82
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_8.2~rc2-2_all.deb
Size: 54952
MD5sum: 12ea1b9312f31056fccb6120e0576fd0
SHA1: d905737bf9570c4363dcfd89b625be438ffcd388
SHA256: bff938aea63d6a9b14f73de5bb6546212cb878e779e9481cf927cd26b0f0648a
SHA512: d736cce7f3c420980f16420043c57d67ea2ec1d9302cced6f475b7f123bba379b7a9d023933aa9c4b1ffb32daf938dde754baa62994f939ad19ef823a0063352
Description: GNU readline and history libraries, common files
Description-md5: c8e28b105311ffa41fe6e8f86c041f82
Task: minimal, server-minimal