How To Install readline-doc on Debian 12

Learn how to install readline-doc on Debian 12 with this tutorial. readline-doc is GNU readline and history libraries, documentation and examples

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install readline-doc on Debian 12.

What is readline-doc

readline-doc 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.

There are three methods to install readline-doc 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 readline-doc Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install readline-doc

Install readline-doc Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install readline-doc

Install readline-doc 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 readline-doc using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install readline-doc

How To Uninstall readline-doc on Debian 12

To uninstall only the readline-doc package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove readline-doc

Uninstall readline-doc And Its Dependencies

To uninstall readline-doc and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 12, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove readline-doc

Remove readline-doc Configurations and Data

To remove readline-doc configuration and data from Debian 12 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge readline-doc

Remove readline-doc configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge readline-doc

Dependencies

readline-doc have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install readline-doc package on Debian 12 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.