Information about the package, rlwrap, which is shipped with common Linux distributions. The rlwrap package is designed for, Wrapper for GNU readline.
Package Name:
rlwrap
Summary:
Wrapper for GNU readline
Description:
rlwrap is a 'readline wrapper' that uses the GNU readline library to allow the editing of keyboard input for any other command. Input history is remembered across invocations, separately for each command; history completion and search work as in bash and completion word lists can be specified on the command line.
Architecture:
x86_64
Version:
0.42
Release:
1.el6
Size:
93 k
Repository:
epel
From Repository:
Licence:
GPLv2+
Control the rlwrap package with the following handy commands outlined below.
yum install rlwrap
This command will install rlwrap on the server.
yum remove rlwrap
This command will un-install rlwrap on the server. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove rlwrap, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.
yum -y remove rlwrap
This command will un-install rlwrap 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 rlwrap when using the -y flag.
yum update rlwrap
This command will update rlwrap to the latest version. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove rlwrap, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.
yum -y update rlwrap
This command will update rlwrap 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 rlwrap when using the -y flag.
yum info rlwrap
This command will show you core information about the rlwrap package.
yum deplist rlwrap
This command will show you the dependencies for rlwrap. 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 rlwrap
This command will check if there is an update waiting on rlwrap. 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.