How To Install readline-devel on AlmaLinux 8
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install readline-devel
on AlmaLinux 8.
What is readline-devel
The Readline library provides a set of functions that allow users to edit typed command lines. If you want to develop programs that will use the readline library, you need to have the readline-devel package installed. You also need to have the readline package installed.
We can use yum
or dnf
to install readline-devel
on AlmaLinux 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install readline-devel.
Install readline-devel on AlmaLinux 8 Using dnf
Update yum database with dnf
using the following command.
sudo dnf makecache --refresh
After updating yum database, We can install readline-devel
using dnf
by running the following command:
sudo dnf -y install readline-devel
Install readline-devel on AlmaLinux 8 Using yum
Update yum database with yum
using the following command.
sudo yum makecache --refresh
After updating yum database, We can install readline-devel
using yum
by running the following command:
sudo yum -y install readline-devel
How To Uninstall readline-devel on AlmaLinux 8
To uninstall only the readline-devel
package we can use the following command:
sudo dnf remove readline-devel
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install readline-devel
on AlmaLinux 8 using yum and dnf.