%general-entities; ]> readline &readline-version;

&readline-url;

Readline Reinstalling Readline will cause the old libraries to be moved to <libraryname>.old. While this is normally not a problem, in some cases it can trigger a linking bug in ldconfig. This can be avoided by issuing the following two seds: sed -i '/MV.*old/d' Makefile.in sed -i '/{OLDSUFF}/c:' support/shlib-install Apply a patch to fix a known bug that has been fixed upstream: patch -Np1 -i ../&readline-fixes-patch; Prepare Readline for compilation: ./configure --prefix=/usr Compile the package: make SHLIB_LIBS=-lncurses SHLIB_LIBS=-lncurses This option forces Readline to link against the libncurses (really, libncursesw) library. This package does not come with a test suite. Install the package: make install Now move the dynamic libraries to a more appropriate location and fix up some symbolic links: mv -v /usr/lib/lib{readline,history}.so.* /lib ln -sfv ../../lib/$(readlink /usr/lib/libreadline.so) /usr/lib/libreadline.so ln -sfv ../../lib/$(readlink /usr/lib/libhistory.so ) /usr/lib/libhistory.so If desired, install the documentation: mkdir -v /usr/share/doc/readline-&readline-version; install -v -m644 doc/*.{ps,pdf,html,dvi} /usr/share/doc/readline-&readline-version; Installed libraries Installed directories libhistory.{a,so}, and libreadline.{a,so} /usr/include/readline, /usr/share/readline, /usr/share/doc/readline-&readline-version; Short Descriptions libhistory Provides a consistent user interface for recalling lines of history libhistory libreadline Aids in the consistency of user interface across discrete programs that need to provide a command line interface libreadline