How To Install libeditline-dev on Ubuntu 20.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libeditline-dev
on Ubuntu 20.04.
What is libeditline-dev
libeditline-dev is:
This is a line-editing library. It can be linked into almost any program to provide command-line editing and recall. It is call-compatible with a subset of the FSF readline library, but it is a fraction of the size (and offers fewer features).
This package contains the developer files: static libraries, headers, manpages.
There are three methods to install libeditline-dev
on Ubuntu 20.04. We can use apt-get
, apt
and aptitude
. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install libeditline-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 libeditline-dev
using apt-get
by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libeditline-dev
Install libeditline-dev Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libeditline-dev
using apt
by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libeditline-dev
Install libeditline-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 libeditline-dev
using aptitude
by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libeditline-dev
How To Uninstall libeditline-dev on Ubuntu 20.04
To uninstall only the libeditline-dev
package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libeditline-dev
Uninstall libeditline-dev And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libeditline-dev
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 20.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libeditline-dev
Remove libeditline-dev Configurations and Data
To remove libeditline-dev
configuration and data from Ubuntu 20.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libeditline-dev
Remove libeditline-dev configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libeditline-dev
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libeditline-dev
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libeditline-dev
package on Ubuntu 20.04 using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.