R help - Dec 2011 - configure can't find readline -- but it's there!

Am trying to install 2.14.0 on a CentOS system.  The configure script
apparently can't find something to do with the readline library:

 

Configure: error: --with-readline=yes (default) and headers/libs are not
available

 

Yes, I know I need readline 4.2 or later.  "yum" assures me that rev
5.1
is already installed.

 

And I know I need to provide configuration flags if it is in a
non-system directory, but such is not the case.  readline was put in
with a standard OS installation.

 

And I know that I need the full developer package, as opposed to the
user only versions, but the heck if I can find any such separate
package.  "yum" doesn't know anything about it.

 

So, in short, I have a completely standard install of readline, as far
as I can tell, but the configure script can't find it.

 

Anyone have any ideas?

 

Thanks.

 

 


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On Dec 29, 2011, at 7:14 PM, Cable, Sam B Civ USAF AFMC AFRL/RVBXI wrote:
> Am trying to install 2.14.0 on a CentOS system.  The configure script
> apparently can't find something to do with the readline library:
> 
> Configure: error: --with-readline=yes (default) and headers/libs are not
> available
> 
> Yes, I know I need readline 4.2 or later.  "yum" assures me that
rev 5.1
> is already installed.
> 
> And I know I need to provide configuration flags if it is in a
> non-system directory, but such is not the case.  readline was put in
> with a standard OS installation.
> 
> And I know that I need the full developer package, as opposed to the
> user only versions, but the heck if I can find any such separate
> package.  "yum" doesn't know anything about it.
> 
> So, in short, I have a completely standard install of readline, as far
> as I can tell, but the configure script can't find it.
> 
> Anyone have any ideas?
> 
> Thanks.

Hi,

The typical solution would be to install the readline-devel RPM, which is where
the header files, etc. would be available.

So as root:

  yum install readline-devel

or if you have sudo enabled:

  sudo yum install readline-devel

HTH,

Marc Schwartz