How To Install readline on Fedora 34

readline is A library for editing typed command lines A library for editing typed command lines

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install readline on Fedora 34.

What is `readline`

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. readline 8.1 2.fc34 i686 219 k readline-8.1-2.fc34.src.rpm fedora A library for editing typed command lines https GPLv3+ 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.

We can use yum or dnf to install readline on Fedora 34. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install readline.

Install readline on Fedora 34 Using dnf

Update yum database with dnf using the following command.

sudo dnf makecache --refresh

The output should look something like this:

Fedora 34 - x86_64                               20 kB/s | 6.6 kB     00:00
Fedora 34 openh264 (From Cisco) - x86_64        1.4 kB/s | 989  B     00:00
Fedora Modular 34 - x86_64                       68 kB/s | 6.5 kB     00:00
Fedora 34 - x86_64 - Updates                    3.5 kB/s | 6.2 kB     00:01
Fedora Modular 34 - x86_64 - Updates             17 kB/s | 5.9 kB     00:00
Metadata cache created.

After updating yum database, We can install readline using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install readline

Install readline on Fedora 34 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache --refresh

The output should look something like this:

Fedora 34 - x86_64                               20 kB/s | 6.6 kB     00:00
Fedora 34 openh264 (From Cisco) - x86_64        1.4 kB/s | 989  B     00:00
Fedora Modular 34 - x86_64                       68 kB/s | 6.5 kB     00:00
Fedora 34 - x86_64 - Updates                    3.5 kB/s | 6.2 kB     00:01
Fedora Modular 34 - x86_64 - Updates             17 kB/s | 5.9 kB     00:00
Metadata cache created.

After updating yum database, We can install readline using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install readline

How To Uninstall readline on Fedora 34

To uninstall only the readline package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove readline

readline Package Contents on Fedora 34

/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/4f
/usr/lib/.build-id/4f/5a53fa3c58ba6ef3cd9e84311357db1061a3ac
/usr/lib/.build-id/dd
/usr/lib/.build-id/dd/2eafa63c7888d3f90948935b2e721d1389154c
/usr/lib/libhistory.so.8
/usr/lib/libhistory.so.8.1
/usr/lib/libreadline.so.8
/usr/lib/libreadline.so.8.1
/usr/share/info/history.info.gz
/usr/share/info/rluserman.info.gz
/usr/share/licenses/readline
/usr/share/licenses/readline/COPYING
/usr/share/licenses/readline/USAGE
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/76
/usr/lib/.build-id/76/703df0de55d8f3be462431a3c9d42541196898
/usr/lib/.build-id/f5
/usr/lib/.build-id/f5/c76a3570cf8e0f1f722c5b7abb48fe1a9b5dfa
/usr/lib64/libhistory.so.8
/usr/lib64/libhistory.so.8.1
/usr/lib64/libreadline.so.8
/usr/lib64/libreadline.so.8.1
/usr/share/info/history.info.gz
/usr/share/info/rluserman.info.gz
/usr/share/licenses/readline
/usr/share/licenses/readline/COPYING
/usr/share/licenses/readline/USAGE

References

[readline website](https://tiswww.case.edu/php/chet/readline/rltop.html https://tiswww.case.edu/php/chet/readline/rltop.html)

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install readline on Fedora 34 using yum and dnf.