How to Install and Uninstall libreadline6-dev Package on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)

Last updated: May 16,2024

1. Install "libreadline6-dev" package

Please follow the guidance below to install libreadline6-dev on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)


    
        
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                sudo apt update
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
                libreadline6-dev
            
                    
    
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2. Uninstall "libreadline6-dev" package

In this section, we are going to explain the necessary steps to uninstall libreadline6-dev on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus):


    
        
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                sudo apt remove
            
                        
                libreadline6-dev
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the libreadline6-dev package on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)

Package: libreadline6-dev
Priority: optional
Section: libdevel
Installed-Size: 670
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Matthias Klose
Architecture: amd64
Source: readline6
Version: 6.3-8ubuntu2
Depends: libreadline6 (= 6.3-8ubuntu2), libtinfo-dev, dpkg (>= 1.15.4) | install-info
Suggests: readline-doc
Conflicts: libreadline-gplv2-dev, libreadline5-dev
Filename: pool/main/r/readline6/libreadline6-dev_6.3-8ubuntu2_amd64.deb
Size: 123532
MD5sum: c80740d953c316b548a1f21a13af2836
SHA1: 12e797176040aac1a2abbef8cd2eb2dc4a0639ab
SHA256: ca7d3669f2ad4f5b1d17fcb078e90546b0c7675ef5f10e4268bd6d19511a8549
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 development files.
Description-md5: 3793ef1d4c2c0318abafe0980aadcd30
Multi-Arch: same
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Origin: Ubuntu
Supported: 9m