How to Install and Uninstall libreadline-dev Package on Ubuntu 23.10 (Mantic Minotaur)

Last updated: May 18,2024

1. Install "libreadline-dev" package

Please follow the steps below to install libreadline-dev on Ubuntu 23.10 (Mantic Minotaur)


    
        
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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 23.10 (Mantic Minotaur):


    
        
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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 23.10 (Mantic Minotaur)

Package: libreadline-dev
Architecture: amd64
Version: 8.2-1.3
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: 797
Provides: libreadline6-dev
Depends: libreadline8 (= 8.2-1.3), 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_8.2-1.3_amd64.deb
Size: 167120
MD5sum: f49110ded287416e9e18949509bfe4e0
SHA1: 33d703e51b5de9dad3ed30c9699428c61733d6eb
SHA256: d45bb215557c38d622a4fdd25453351126278e6cf64308f14fe11e5ca0624292
SHA512: 60601e758b0fb3cff0b763998194e2d484dac1999117d51404635ae305af7e16756ff1b6ed25866681dd767f26e316eed75e8fde24b6354bf2acc490ac81d81d
Description: GNU readline and history libraries, development files
Description-md5: 3793ef1d4c2c0318abafe0980aadcd30