How to Install readline-common software package in Ubuntu 14.04 LTS (Trusty Tahr)

How to Install readline-common software package in Ubuntu 14.04 LTS (Trusty Tahr)

readline-common software package provides GNU readline and history libraries, common 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 readline-common 

readline-common is installed in your system.

Make ensure the readline-common package were installed using the commands given below,

$ sudo dpkg-query -l | grep readline-common *

You will get with readline-common package name, version, architecture and description in a table

readline-common package basic information:

Distro Ubuntu 14 04 lts trusty tahr
Section Utilities
Package readline-common
Version 6.3-4ubuntu2
Description GNU readline and history libraries, common files
Sub Section Utils


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