Information about the package, readline-static, which is shipped with common Linux distributions. The readline-static package is designed for, Static libraries for the readline library.
Package Name:
readline-static
Summary:
Static libraries for the readline library
Description:
The readline-static package contains the static version of the readline library.
Architecture:
x86_64
Version:
6.0
Release:
4.el6
Size:
113 k
Repository:
base
From Repository:
Licence:
GPLv3+
Control the readline-static package with the following handy commands outlined below.
yum install readline-static
This command will install readline-static on the server.
yum remove readline-static
This command will un-install readline-static on the server. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove readline-static, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.
yum -y remove readline-static
This command will un-install readline-static 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 readline-static when using the -y flag.
yum update readline-static
This command will update readline-static to the latest version. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove readline-static, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.
yum -y update readline-static
This command will update readline-static 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 readline-static when using the -y flag.
yum info readline-static
This command will show you core information about the readline-static package.
yum deplist readline-static
This command will show you the dependencies for readline-static. 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 readline-static
This command will check if there is an update waiting on readline-static. 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.