Readline-8.0

The Readline package is a set of libraries that offers command-line editing and history capabilities.

Approximate Build Time: 0.1 SBU

Required Disk Space: 15 MB

Installation of 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

Prepare Readline for compilation:

./configure --prefix=/usr    \
            --disable-static \
            --docdir=/usr/share/doc/readline-8.0

Compile the package:

make SHLIB_LIBS="-L/tools/lib -lncursesw"

The meaning of the make option:

SHLIB_LIBS="-L/tools/lib -lncursesw"

This option forces Readline to link against the libncursesw library.

This package does not come with a test suite.

Install the package:

make SHLIB_LIBS="-L/tools/lib -lncursesw" install

Now move the dynamic libraries to a more appropriate location and fix up some permissions and symbolic links:

mv -v /usr/lib/lib{readline,history}.so.* /lib
chmod -v u+w /lib/lib{readline,history}.so.*
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:

install -v -m644 doc/*.{ps,pdf,html,dvi} /usr/share/doc/readline-8.0

Contents of Readline

Installed Libraries: libhistory.so and libreadline.so

Installed Directories: /usr/include/readline, /usr/share/readline, and /usr/share/doc/readline-8.0

Installed	Description
libhistory	Provides a consistent user interface for recalling lines of history
libreadline	Provides a set of commands for manipulating text entered in an interactive session of a program.