Information about the package, readline, which is shipped with common Linux distributions. The readline package is designed for, A library for editing typed command lines.
Package Name:
readline
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:
6.0
Release:
4.el6
Size:
424 k
Repository:
installed
From Repository:
anaconda-CentOS-201303020151.x86_64
Licence:
GPLv3+
Control the readline package with the following handy commands outlined below.
yum install readline
This command will install readline on the server.
yum remove readline
This command will un-install readline on the server. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove readline, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.
yum -y remove readline
This command will un-install readline 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 when using the -y flag.
yum update readline
This command will update readline to the latest version. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove readline, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.
yum -y update readline
This command will update readline 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 when using the -y flag.
yum info readline
This command will show you core information about the readline package.
yum deplist readline
This command will show you the dependencies for readline. 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
This command will check if there is an update waiting on readline. 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.