How To Install rakudo-Readline on CentOS 7

In this tutorial we learn how to install rakudo-Readline on CentOS 7. rakudo-Readline is Simple Perl 6 binding to GNU libreadline

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install rakudo-Readline on CentOS 7.

What is rakudo-Readline

Perl 6 interface to GNU Readline, the CLI-based line reading library

We can use yum or dnf to install rakudo-Readline on CentOS 7. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install rakudo-Readline.

Install rakudo-Readline on CentOS 7 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache

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

sudo yum -y install rakudo-Readline

Install rakudo-Readline on CentOS 7 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 rakudo-Readline using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install rakudo-Readline

How To Uninstall rakudo-Readline on CentOS 7

To uninstall only the rakudo-Readline package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove rakudo-Readline

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install rakudo-Readline on CentOS 7 using yum and dnf.