How to install readline and readline-devel on Ubuntu?
How to install “readline” and “readline-devel” on Ubuntu ?
The “Readline” library provides a set of functions for use by application that allow users to edit command lines as they are typed in. it is a free software ,distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License, version 3.
Let us see how to install “readline” and “readline-devel” on Ubuntu using “apt-get”
- SSH into the machine where you want to install the software.
- Run the following command on the shell prompt
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apt–get install libreadline6 libreadline6–dev
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
libreadline6 is already the newest version (6.3–8ubuntu2).
Suggested packages:
readline–doc
The following NEW packages will be installed:
libreadline6–dev libtinfo–dev
0 upgraded, 2 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
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libreadline Package is for running applications using readline
libreadline-dev Package is for compiling and building readline application.
On a Centos machine you can install these packages using yum
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yum install readline readline–devel
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Output will be like following
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Running transaction
Installing : ncurses–devel–5.9–13.20130511.el7.x86_64 1/2
Installing : readline–devel–6.2–9.el7.x86_64 2/2
Verifying : readline–devel–6.2–9.el7.x86_64 1/2
Verifying : ncurses–devel–5.9–13.20130511.el7.x86_64 2/2
Installed:
readline–devel.x86_64 0:6.2–9.el7
Dependency Installed:
ncurses–devel.x86_64 0:5.9–13.20130511.el7
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