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./configure error - readline library not found

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.

When running ./configure, I keep getting stuck when it checks for readline.

checking for readline... no
configure: error: readline library not found
If you have readline already installed, see config.log ...

I've looked in config.log and I don't really get any more explanation
about why it couldn't find the library.

I've tried different --with-libs= paths and had no luck.

I have libreadline4.3-4 installed, and I think the relevant library file
is /lib/libreadline.so.4

Any suggestions?

Thanks much.

Michael Teter


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Nov 12 '05 #1
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Michael Teter <mt****@1scom.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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Nov 12 '05 #2
Thanks much, that was my problem.

For the record, the debian package name (which took me a while to
determine) is:

libreadline4-dev

Thanks again.

MT

Doug McNaught wrote:
Michael Teter <mt****@1scom.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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Nov 12 '05 #3
On Fri, Oct 24, 2003 at 03:42:01PM -0400, Doug McNaught wrote:
Michael Teter <mt****@1scom.net> writes:
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 think you also need ncurses-devel or termcap-devel, or some other
apparently unrelated package.

--
Alvaro Herrera (<alvherre[a]dcc.uchile.cl>)
"I call it GNU/Linux. Except the GNU/ is silent." (Ben Reiter)

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