How To Install jline on CentOS 8

In this tutorial we learn how to install jline on CentOS 8. jline is JLine is a Java library for handling console input

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install jline on CentOS 8.

What is jline

JLine is a Java library for handling console input. It is similar in functionality to BSD editline and GNU readline. People familiar with the readline/editline capabilities for modern shells (such as bash and tcsh) will find most of the command editing features of JLine to be familiar.

We can use yum or dnf to install jline on CentOS 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install jline.

Install jline on CentOS 8 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache

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

sudo yum -y install jline

Install jline on CentOS 8 Using dnf

If you don’t have dnf installed you can install DNF on CentOS 7 first. Update yum database with dnf using the following command.

sudo dnf makecache

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

sudo dnf -y install jline

How To Uninstall jline on CentOS 8

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

sudo dnf remove jline

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install jline on CentOS 8 using yum and dnf.