How to Install and Uninstall libreadline-gplv2-dev Package on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)

Last updated: May 13,2024

1. Install "libreadline-gplv2-dev" package

This guide covers the steps necessary to install libreadline-gplv2-dev on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)


    
        
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
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2. Uninstall "libreadline-gplv2-dev" package

This is a short guide on how to uninstall libreadline-gplv2-dev on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus):


    
        
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                libreadline-gplv2-dev
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the libreadline-gplv2-dev package on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)

Package: libreadline-gplv2-dev
Priority: extra
Section: libdevel
Installed-Size: 658
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Debian QA Group
Architecture: amd64
Source: readline5
Version: 5.2+dfsg-3build1
Replaces: libreadline5-dev
Depends: libreadline5 (= 5.2+dfsg-3build1), libtinfo-dev
Conflicts: libreadline-dev, libreadline5-dev, libreadline6-dev
Filename: pool/main/r/readline5/libreadline-gplv2-dev_5.2+dfsg-3build1_amd64.deb
Size: 122474
MD5sum: 2f0e5ecdb3db57e48c5867598b6fffbb
SHA1: 8a33b0fd90f3b5d612cafb6c6ed1e2b762954958
SHA256: 67679eb67943bbfa87692902640b80cec274094cb354fa8e9a0bf2925d2e1b62
Description-en: GNU readline and history libraries, development files
The GNU readline library aids in the consistency of user interface
across discrete programs that need to provide a command line
interface.
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The GNU history library provides a consistent user interface for
recalling lines of previously typed input.
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This package contains as well the readline documentation in info format.
Description-md5: 786f654ffd88ea529a702d7fd1429e0e
Multi-Arch: same
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Origin: Ubuntu
Supported: 9m