How To Install lua-readline on Rocky Linux 8

In this tutorial we learn how to install lua-readline on Rocky Linux 8. lua-readline is Lua interface to the readline and history libraries

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install lua-readline on Rocky Linux 8.

What is lua-readline

This Lua module offers a simple calling interface to the GNU Readline/History Library.

We can use yum or dnf to install lua-readline on Rocky Linux 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install lua-readline.

Install lua-readline on Rocky Linux 8 Using dnf

Update yum database with dnf using the following command.

sudo dnf makecache --refresh

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

sudo dnf -y install lua-readline

Install lua-readline on Rocky Linux 8 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache --refresh

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

sudo yum -y install lua-readline

How To Uninstall lua-readline on Rocky Linux 8

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

sudo dnf remove lua-readline

lua-readline Package Contents on Rocky Linux 8

/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/8e
/usr/lib/.build-id/8e/f205500f75ddf4e4444ac8b98fe11ec3435759
/usr/lib64/lua/5.3/C-readline.so
/usr/share/doc/lua-readline
/usr/share/doc/lua-readline/readline.html
/usr/share/lua/5.3/readline.lua

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install lua-readline on Rocky Linux 8 using yum and dnf.