How to Install and Uninstall readline-common Package on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)

Last updated: November 22,2024

1. Install "readline-common" package

This tutorial shows how to install readline-common on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)


    
        
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                sudo apt update
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
                readline-common
            
                    
    
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2. Uninstall "readline-common" package

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


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

Package: readline-common
Priority: important
Section: utils
Installed-Size: 76
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Matthias Klose
Architecture: all
Source: readline6
Version: 6.3-8ubuntu2
Replaces: libreadline-common, libreadline4 (<< 4.3-16), libreadline5 (<< 5.0-11)
Depends: dpkg (>= 1.15.4) | install-info
Suggests: readline-doc
Conflicts: libreadline-common, libreadline5 (<< 5.0-11)
Filename: pool/main/r/readline6/readline-common_6.3-8ubuntu2_all.deb
Size: 51352
MD5sum: 52dd3555651b6c71d9e3a392cda1fbd0
SHA1: ff8bede1a0859f4035b134307a0b407d37ad17bf
SHA256: be5af598638bb4721ac268dce8d2b76e9d251781915a0511e896556cc2cc579e
Description-en: GNU readline and history libraries, common 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.
Description-md5: c8e28b105311ffa41fe6e8f86c041f82
Multi-Arch: foreign
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Build-Essential: yes
Origin: Ubuntu
Supported: 5y
Task: minimal, ubuntu-sdk-libs