How To Install rlwrap on CentOS 7
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install rlwrap on CentOS 7.
What is rlwrap
rlwrap is a ‘readline wrapper’ that uses the GNU readline library to allow the editing of keyboard input for any other command. Input history is remembered across invocations, separately for each command; history completion and search work as in bash and completion word lists can be specified on the command line.
We can use yum or dnf to install rlwrap on CentOS 7. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install rlwrap.
Install rlwrap on CentOS 7 Using yum
Update yum database with yum using the following command.
sudo yum makecache
After updating yum database, We can install rlwrap using yum by running the following command:
sudo yum -y install rlwrap
Install rlwrap 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 rlwrap using dnf by running the following command:
sudo dnf -y install rlwrap
How To Uninstall rlwrap on CentOS 7
To uninstall only the rlwrap package we can use the following command:
sudo dnf remove rlwrap
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install rlwrap on CentOS 7 using yum and dnf.
