Information about the package, libedit, which is shipped with common Linux distributions. The libedit package is designed for, The NetBSD Editline library.
Package Name:
libedit
Summary:
The NetBSD Editline library
Description:
Libedit is an autotool- and libtoolized port of the NetBSD Editline library. It provides generic line editing, history, and tokenization functions, similar to those found in GNU Readline.
Architecture:
x86_64
Version:
2.11
Release:
4.20080712cvs.1.el6
Size:
181 k
Repository:
installed
From Repository:
anaconda-CentOS-201303020151.x86_64
Licence:
BSD
Control the libedit package with the following handy commands outlined below.
yum install libedit
This command will install libedit on the server.
yum remove libedit
This command will un-install libedit on the server. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove libedit, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.
yum -y remove libedit
This command will un-install libedit 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 libedit when using the -y flag.
yum update libedit
This command will update libedit to the latest version. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove libedit, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.
yum -y update libedit
This command will update libedit 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 libedit when using the -y flag.
yum info libedit
This command will show you core information about the libedit package.
yum deplist libedit
This command will show you the dependencies for libedit. 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 libedit
This command will check if there is an update waiting on libedit. 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.