How To Install mingw32-readline on CentOS 8

In this tutorial we learn how to install mingw32-readline on CentOS 8. mingw32-readline is MinGW port of readline for editing typed command lines

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install mingw32-readline on CentOS 8.

What is mingw32-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 mingw32-readline on CentOS 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install mingw32-readline.

Install mingw32-readline on CentOS 8 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache

After updating yum database, We can install mingw32-readline using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install mingw32-readline

Install mingw32-readline 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 mingw32-readline using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install mingw32-readline

How To Uninstall mingw32-readline on CentOS 8

To uninstall only the mingw32-readline package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove mingw32-readline

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install mingw32-readline on CentOS 8 using yum and dnf.