How To Install libedit-dev on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libedit-dev on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is libedit-dev
libedit-dev is:
Command line editor library provides generic line editing, history, and tokenization functions.
It slightly resembles GNU readline.
There are three methods to install libedit-dev on Ubuntu 18.04. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install libedit-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 libedit-dev using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libedit-dev
Install libedit-dev Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libedit-dev using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libedit-dev
Install libedit-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 Ubuntu. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.
sudo aptitude update
After updating apt database, We can install libedit-dev using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libedit-dev
How To Uninstall libedit-dev on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the libedit-dev package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libedit-dev
Uninstall libedit-dev And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libedit-dev and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libedit-dev
Remove libedit-dev Configurations and Data
To remove libedit-dev configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libedit-dev
Remove libedit-dev configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libedit-dev configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libedit-dev
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libedit-dev package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
