How to Install and Uninstall libedit2 Package on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)

Last updated: May 20,2024

1. Install "libedit2" package

Please follow the step by step instructions below to install libedit2 on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)


    
        
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                sudo apt update
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
                libedit2
            
                    
    
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2. Uninstall "libedit2" package

In this section, we are going to explain the necessary steps to uninstall libedit2 on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus):


    
        
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                sudo apt remove
            
                        
                libedit2
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the libedit2 package on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)

Package: libedit2
Priority: standard
Section: libs
Installed-Size: 245
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: LLVM Packaging Team
Architecture: amd64
Source: libedit
Version: 3.1-20150325-1ubuntu2
Depends: libbsd0 (>= 0.0), libc6 (>= 2.17), libtinfo5 (>= 6)
Filename: pool/main/libe/libedit/libedit2_3.1-20150325-1ubuntu2_amd64.deb
Size: 76498
MD5sum: 80ff649ac92af7d334d3e827b1e280f6
SHA1: 11473ea61ed5e5b93ea098e336627ecf7aba2b96
SHA256: 37f94bdfdd82537058765b327d461b1cfd50a666cb41f99d6a4da1a85252e0e3
Description-en: BSD editline and history libraries
Command line editor library provides generic line editing,
history, and tokenization functions.
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It slightly resembles GNU readline.
Description-md5: 16f9b7e3d0830d8027f7f78c9be66a88
Multi-Arch: same
Homepage: http://www.thrysoee.dk/editline/
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Origin: Ubuntu
Supported: 5y
Task: standard, ubuntu-core, ubuntu-core, mythbuntu-frontend, mythbuntu-backend-slave, mythbuntu-backend-master, ubuntu-sdk-libs, ubuntu-touch