Re: ./configure error - readline library not found

From: Doug McNaught <doug(at)mcnaught(dot)org>
To: Michael Teter <mteter(at)1scom(dot)net>
Cc: pgsql-general(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: ./configure error - readline library not found
Date: 2003-10-24 19:42:01
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Michael Teter <mteter(at)1scom(dot)net> writes:

> Howdy.
>
> I looked around for an answer to this, but I was unable to find one
> that seemed to match my situation. (Incidentally, now I cannot get
> archives.postgresql.org to respond to my search query...)
>
> I'm trying to build 7.3.4 on Libranet2.8.1 (debian). I've built
> PostgreSQL many times in the past on stock RedHat distros and had no
> problem.

You probably need to install the -devel package for readline.
> I have libreadline4.3-4 installed, and I think the relevant library
> file is /lib/libreadline.so.4

This is the runtime part of the library, but you need the headers to
compile, which are in the -devel package.

-Doug

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