Download location (HTTP): http://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/readline/readline-4.3.tar.gz Download location (FTP): ftp://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/readline/readline-4.3.tar.gz Version used: 4.3 Package size: 939 KB Estimated Disk space required: 4.9 MB |
The Readline library provides a set of functions for use by applications that allow users to edit command lines as they are typed in. Both Emacs and vi editing modes are available.
Install readline by running the following commands:
./configure --prefix=/usr && make && make install |
As with most libraries, there is no configuration to do, save that the library directory i.e. /usr/lib or /usr/local/lib should appear in /etc/ld.so.conf so that ldd can find the shared libraries. After checking that this is the case, /sbin/ldconfig should be run while logged in as root.
The readline package contains the libreadline libraries and libhistory libraries.