How To Install mingw64-readline on Rocky Linux 8

In this tutorial we learn how to install mingw64-readline on Rocky Linux 8. mingw64-readline is MinGW port of readline for editing typed command lines

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install mingw64-readline on Rocky Linux 8.

What is `mingw64-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. This is a port of the library and development tools to Windows.

We can use yum or dnf to install mingw64-readline on Rocky Linux 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install mingw64-readline.

Install mingw64-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 mingw64-readline using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install mingw64-readline

Install mingw64-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 mingw64-readline using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install mingw64-readline

How To Uninstall mingw64-readline on Rocky Linux 8

To uninstall only the mingw64-readline package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove mingw64-readline

mingw64-readline Package Contents on Rocky Linux 8

/usr/x86_64-w64-mingw32/sys-root/mingw/bin/libhistory6.dll
/usr/x86_64-w64-mingw32/sys-root/mingw/bin/libreadline6.dll
/usr/x86_64-w64-mingw32/sys-root/mingw/include/readline
/usr/x86_64-w64-mingw32/sys-root/mingw/include/readline/chardefs.h
/usr/x86_64-w64-mingw32/sys-root/mingw/include/readline/history.h
/usr/x86_64-w64-mingw32/sys-root/mingw/include/readline/keymaps.h
/usr/x86_64-w64-mingw32/sys-root/mingw/include/readline/readline.h
/usr/x86_64-w64-mingw32/sys-root/mingw/include/readline/rlconf.h
/usr/x86_64-w64-mingw32/sys-root/mingw/include/readline/rlstdc.h
/usr/x86_64-w64-mingw32/sys-root/mingw/include/readline/rltypedefs.h
/usr/x86_64-w64-mingw32/sys-root/mingw/include/readline/tilde.h
/usr/x86_64-w64-mingw32/sys-root/mingw/lib/libhistory.dll.a
/usr/x86_64-w64-mingw32/sys-root/mingw/lib/libreadline.dll.a

References

mingw64-readline website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install mingw64-readline on Rocky Linux 8 using yum and dnf.