On Thu, 16 Jul 2009 02:25:15 pm you wrote: > richard terry wrote: > > (11/11) installing scribus > > [######################################################################## > >########] 100% > > sh: error while loading shared libraries: libreadline.so.5: cannot open > > shared object file: No such file or directory > > sh: error while loading shared libraries: libreadline.so.5: cannot open > > shared object file: No such file or directory > > > > > > Any clues as to how to overcome this. > > My guess is a full system update is needed. It looks like you pulled in > readline-6 without updating bash. > > Allan I think you are correct as I havn't updated for a while and still use kde3. Can I roll back to readline-5.2-8-i686.pkg.tar.gz which I still have on my system somehow. I get circular problems saying error: failed to prepare transaction (could not satisfy dependencies) :: gnutls: requires readline>=6.0 :: libxml2: requires readline>=6.0 If I try to roll back the others, it won't work. Thanks