How to Install libedit-dev software package in Ubuntu 14.04 LTS (Trusty Tahr)

How to Install libedit-dev software package in Ubuntu 14.04 LTS (Trusty Tahr)

libedit-dev software package provides BSD editline and history libraries (development files), you can install in your Ubuntu 14.04 LTS (Trusty Tahr) by running the commands given below on the terminal,

$ sudo apt-get update
$ sudo apt-get install libedit-dev 

libedit-dev is installed in your system.

Make ensure the libedit-dev package were installed using the commands given below,

$ sudo dpkg-query -l | grep libedit-dev *

You will get with libedit-dev package name, version, architecture and description in a table

libedit-dev package basic information:

Distro Ubuntu 14 04 lts trusty tahr
Section Library development
Package libedit-dev
Version 3.1-20130712-2
Description BSD editline and history libraries (development files)
Sub Section libdevel


See Also, How to uninstall or remove libedit-dev software package from Ubuntu 14.04 LTS (Trusty Tahr)?