How To Install libreadline-dev on Debian 10

Learn how to install libreadline-dev on Debian 10 with this tutorial. libreadline-dev is GNU readline and history libraries, development files

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libreadline-dev on Debian 10.

What is libreadline-dev

libreadline-dev is:

The GNU readline library aids in the consistency of user interface across discrete programs that need to provide a command line interface.

The GNU history library provides a consistent user interface for recalling lines of previously typed input.

This package contains development files.

There are three methods to install libreadline-dev on Debian 10. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

Install libreadline-dev Using apt-get

Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install libreadline-dev using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install libreadline-dev

Install libreadline-dev Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install libreadline-dev using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install libreadline-dev

Install libreadline-dev Using aptitude

If you want to follow this method, you might need to install aptitude first since aptitude is usually not installed by default on Debian. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.

sudo aptitude update

After updating apt database, We can install libreadline-dev using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install libreadline-dev

How To Uninstall libreadline-dev on Debian 10

To uninstall only the libreadline-dev package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove libreadline-dev

Uninstall libreadline-dev And Its Dependencies

To uninstall libreadline-dev and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 10, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libreadline-dev

Remove libreadline-dev Configurations and Data

To remove libreadline-dev configuration and data from Debian 10 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge libreadline-dev

Remove libreadline-dev configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove libreadline-dev configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libreadline-dev

Dependencies

libreadline-dev have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libreadline-dev package on Debian 10 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.