How to Install and Uninstall libedit-dev Package on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)

Last updated: May 20,2024

1. Install "libedit-dev" package

This guide covers the steps necessary to install libedit-dev on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)


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

Please follow the step by step instructions below to uninstall libedit-dev on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus):


    
        
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                sudo apt remove
            
                        
                libedit-dev
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the libedit-dev package on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)

Package: libedit-dev
Priority: optional
Section: libdevel
Installed-Size: 412
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: LLVM Packaging Team
Architecture: amd64
Source: libedit
Version: 3.1-20150325-1ubuntu2
Depends: libedit2 (= 3.1-20150325-1ubuntu2), libbsd-dev (>= 0.1.3), libtinfo-dev
Filename: pool/main/libe/libedit/libedit-dev_3.1-20150325-1ubuntu2_amd64.deb
Size: 92630
MD5sum: c271032c06496e03b24d1df425b29a21
SHA1: 59a47936d63980c449f733e8ec02a7a5ba8d06d0
SHA256: 8b5793f5e521b3f4dfbc8f4930edbde8ea61cf88ccf75cb5e2e779fb40f0cb8a
Description-en: BSD editline and history libraries (development files)
Command line editor library provides generic line editing,
history, and tokenization functions.
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It slightly resembles GNU readline.
Description-md5: d563680e6c8f51c40aea576bffaea165
Multi-Arch: same
Homepage: http://www.thrysoee.dk/editline/
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Origin: Ubuntu
Supported: 9m