How To Install libeditreadline-dev on Debian 12
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libeditreadline-dev on Debian 12.
What is libeditreadline-dev
libeditreadline-dev is:
GNU readline changed its license from GPL-2 to GPL-3 with version 6, which excludes GPL-2-only programs from using current readline versions. editline resembles readline functionally and with regards to its API.
This is a development shim library that can be used to link a GPL-2-only program that depends on readline with editline.
There are three methods to install libeditreadline-dev on Debian 12. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install libeditreadline-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 libeditreadline-dev using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libeditreadline-dev
Install libeditreadline-dev Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libeditreadline-dev using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libeditreadline-dev
Install libeditreadline-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 libeditreadline-dev using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libeditreadline-dev
How To Uninstall libeditreadline-dev on Debian 12
To uninstall only the libeditreadline-dev package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libeditreadline-dev
Uninstall libeditreadline-dev And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libeditreadline-dev and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 12, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libeditreadline-dev
Remove libeditreadline-dev Configurations and Data
To remove libeditreadline-dev configuration and data from Debian 12 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libeditreadline-dev
Remove libeditreadline-dev configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libeditreadline-dev configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libeditreadline-dev
Dependencies
libeditreadline-dev have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libeditreadline-dev package on Debian 12 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
