Re: readline missing on linux

I just read that the problem reporter got it working ... nevermind.

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Bruce Momjian wrote:
>
> 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.
> > >
> > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
> > >
> > > 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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