Basically as per question. I have the .tar.gz file but I can't seem to install it. I did the whole, ./configure, make and make install but it didn't work.
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Eliah Kagan
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2Why not install the package? – Ignacio Vazquez-Abrams Sep 29 '12 at 18:20
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You can install the packages by using the command in a terminal (Press Ctrl-Alt-T to bring it).
sudo apt-get install libreadline6 libreadline6-dev
The package libreadline is for running applications using readline command
and the package libreadline-dev is for compiling and building readline application.
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In debian 10 the `readline` command cannot be found after installing `libreadline7` and `libreadline-dev`. Anyone else experiencing the same issue? – lainatnavi Apr 15 '21 at 15:37
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libreadline6 don't work anymore.
The latest one is lib32readline7.
Or it's better to look at the available libraries along with a short description using following code:
apt-cache search readline
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sudo apt-get install lib32readline7 lib32readline-dev
can be used.
Soner from The Ottoman Empire
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at the date of writing (2023) readline is now at the version 8:
sudo apt-get install libreadline8
sudo apt-get install libreadline-dev
note that there is no more version in the name of the developper package libreadline-dev
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On Ubuntu 22LTS below should work
sudo apt-get install lib32readline8 lib32readline-dev
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