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tcl-tclreadline


Information about the package, tcl-tclreadline, which is shipped with common Linux distributions. The tcl-tclreadline package is designed for, GNU Readline extension for Tcl/Tk.


Package Name:

tcl-tclreadline

Summary:

GNU Readline extension for Tcl/Tk

Description:

The tclreadline package makes the GNU Readline library available for interactive tcl shells. This includes history expansion and file/command completion. Command completion for all tcl/tk commands is provided and command completion for user defined commands can be easily added. Tclreadline can also be used for tcl scripts which want to use a shell like input interface.

Architecture:

x86_64

Version:

2.1.0

Release:

3.el6

Size:

56 k

Repository:

epel

From Repository:

Licence:

BSD



Handy Yum Commands for tcl-tclreadline


Control the tcl-tclreadline package with the following handy commands outlined below.


Command

Description of Command

yum install tcl-tclreadline

This command will install tcl-tclreadline on the server.

yum remove tcl-tclreadline

This command will un-install tcl-tclreadline on the server. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove tcl-tclreadline, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.

yum -y remove tcl-tclreadline

This command will un-install tcl-tclreadline 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 tcl-tclreadline when using the -y flag.

yum update tcl-tclreadline

This command will update tcl-tclreadline to the latest version. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove tcl-tclreadline, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.

yum -y update tcl-tclreadline

This command will update tcl-tclreadline 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 tcl-tclreadline when using the -y flag.

yum info tcl-tclreadline

This command will show you core information about the tcl-tclreadline package.

yum deplist tcl-tclreadline

This command will show you the dependencies for tcl-tclreadline. 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 tcl-tclreadline

This command will check if there is an update waiting on tcl-tclreadline. 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.