Re: readline missing on linux

Uh, I am not sure.  I would re-install readline and see if it picks up
those libraries this time.

What failures are you seeing, exactly?  Oh, I remember, it is linking
failures.  You can fix it manually if you add -ltermcap to the link
line, and you can even have configure add it using one of its flags.

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Randolph Jones wrote:
>
> From: Bruce Momjian
> > It appears your readline needs -ltermcap, -lterminfo, or -lcurses to
> > link properly.  I think this happens when the readline library is not
> > linked against those when it is created.
> >
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> >
> > Randolph Jones wrote:
> >> I am getting configure failures due to missing readline.
> >> I have redhat 9, 2.4.21, with readline and readline-devel 2.4.2 installed.
> >> I
> Thanks for your reply.
> I have termcap and ncurses installed.
> Do I need to install terminfo?
> How do I link them to readline?
> TIA
> rfjones
>
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