How To Install compat-readline5.i686 on Amazon Linux 2
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install compat-readline5.i686
on Amazon Linux 2.
What is compat-readline5.i686
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
to install compat-readline5.i686
on Amazon Linux 2. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install compat-readline5.i686.
Install compat-readline5.i686 on Amazon Linux 2 Using yum
Update yum database with yum
using the following command.
sudo yum makecache --refresh
After updating yum database, We can install compat-readline5.i686
using yum
by running the following command:
sudo yum -y install compat-readline5.i686
How To Uninstall compat-readline5.i686 on Amazon Linux 2
To uninstall only the compat-readline5.i686
package we can use the following command:
sudo yum remove compat-readline5.i686
compat-readline5.i686 Package Contents on Amazon Linux 2
/lib/libreadline.so.5
/lib/libreadline.so.5.2
/usr/lib/libhistory.so.5
/usr/lib/libhistory.so.5.2
/usr/share/doc/compat-readline5-5.2
/usr/share/doc/compat-readline5-5.2/CHANGES
/usr/share/doc/compat-readline5-5.2/COPYING
/usr/share/doc/compat-readline5-5.2/NEWS
/usr/share/doc/compat-readline5-5.2/README
/usr/share/doc/compat-readline5-5.2/USAGE
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install compat-readline5.i686
on Amazon Linux 2 using yum.