lfs/chapter06/readline.xml

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<sect1 id="ch-system-readline" xreflabel="Readline" role="wrap">
<title>Readline-&readline-version;</title>
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<indexterm zone="ch-system-readline"><primary sortas="a-Readline">Readline</primary></indexterm>

<sect2 role="package"><title/>

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<segtitle>&buildtime;</segtitle>
<segtitle>&diskspace;</segtitle>
<seglistitem><seg>XXX SBU</seg><seg>3.8 MB</seg></seglistitem>
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<sect2 role="installation">
<title>Installation of Readline</title>

<para>Apply a patch.</para>

<screen><userinput>patch -Np1 -i ../readline-&readline-version;-fixes-1.patch</userinput></screen>

<para>Prepare Readline for compilation:</para>

<screen><userinput>./configure --prefix=/usr --libdir=/lib</userinput></screen>

<para>Compile the package:</para>

<screen><userinput>make SHLIB_XLDFLAGS=-lncurses</userinput></screen>

<para>Install the package:</para>

<screen><userinput>make install</userinput></screen>

<para>Give Readline's dynamic libraries to a more appropriate permissions:</para>

<screen><userinput>chmod 755 /lib/lib{readline,history}.so*</userinput></screen>

<para>Now we move the static libraries to a more appropriate location:</para>

<screen><userinput>mv /lib/lib{readline,history}.a /usr/lib</userinput></screen>

<para>Now we will remove the old, .so files in /lib and relink them into /usr/lib.</para>

<screen><userinput>rm /lib/lib{readline,history}.so
ln -sf ../../lib/libreadline.so.5 /usr/lib/libreadline.so
ln -sf ../../lib/libhistory.so.5 /usr/lib/libhistory.so</userinput></screen>
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<sect2 id="contents-readline" role="content"><title>Contents of Readline</title>

<para>See testing</para>

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