How To Install lua-readline on Fedora 36

In this tutorial we learn how to install lua-readline in Fedora 36. lua-readline is Lua interface to the readline and history libraries

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install lua-readline on Fedora 36.

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 Fedora 36. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install lua-readline.

Install lua-readline on Fedora 36 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 Fedora 36 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 Fedora 36

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

sudo dnf remove lua-readline

lua-readline Package Contents on Fedora 36

/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/ed
/usr/lib/.build-id/ed/34448a63203b4c385f5334fa0581aebced9a99
/usr/lib64/lua/5.4/C-readline.so
/usr/share/doc/lua-readline
/usr/share/doc/lua-readline/readline.html
/usr/share/lua/5.4/readline.lua

References

lua-readline website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install lua-readline on Fedora 36 using yum and [dnf]((/fedora/36/dnf/).