Information about the package, compat-readline5, which is shipped with common Linux distributions. The compat-readline5 package is designed for, A library for editing typed command lines.
Package Name:
compat-readline5
Summary:
A library for editing typed command lines
Description:
The Readline library provides a set of functions that allow users to edit command lines. Both Emacs and vi editing modes are available. The Readline library includes additional functions for maintaining a list of previously-entered command lines for recalling or editing those lines, and for performing csh-like history expansion on previous commands.
Architecture:
x86_64
Version:
5.2
Release:
17.1.el6
Size:
130 k
Repository:
base
From Repository:
Licence:
GPLv2+
Control the compat-readline5 package with the following handy commands outlined below.
yum install compat-readline5
This command will install compat-readline5 on the server.
yum remove compat-readline5
This command will un-install compat-readline5 on the server. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove compat-readline5, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.
yum -y remove compat-readline5
This command will un-install compat-readline5 on the server. When you run this command with th e -y flag, you will not be prompted to check that you are sure you want to remove the package - so be sure you absolutely want to remove compat-readline5 when using the -y flag.
yum update compat-readline5
This command will update compat-readline5 to the latest version. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove compat-readline5, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.
yum -y update compat-readline5
This command will update compat-readline5 to the latest version. When you run this command with the -y flag, you will not be prompted to check that you are sure you want to remove the package - so be sure you absolutely want to remove compat-readline5 when using the -y flag.
yum info compat-readline5
This command will show you core information about the compat-readline5 package.
yum deplist compat-readline5
This command will show you the dependencies for compat-readline5. Thankfully, when using Yum, if dependencies are required, these are also installed at the same time so you don't have to worry too much about that.
yum check-update compat-readline5
This command will check if there is an update waiting on compat-readline5. When you run this command this will return nothing if there is nothing to update, or, will return the package name if the package is due to be updated.