do you have dev installed? $ rpm -qa | grep readline-dev readline-devel-5.1-1.1 On Tue, Feb 17, 2009 at 12:06:17PM -0800, Isabella Ghiurea wrote: > Trying to compile Postgres 8.3.6 and configure fails with readline lib > missing, I have readline installed , please see all info bellow, > OS: Linux RHES x-64 bits installation. > > postgresql-8.3.6$ locate readline > /usr/lib/libreadline.so.5 > /usr/lib/libreadline.so.5.1 > /usr/lib64/libreadline.so.5 > /usr/lib64/libreadline.so.5.1 > /usr/lib64/python2.4/lib-dynload/readline.so > /usr/share/info/readline.info.gz > /usr/share/man/man3/readline.3.gz > /usr/share/systemimager/boot/i386/standard/initrd_template/lib/libreadline.so.5 > /usr/share/systemimager/boot/i386/standard/initrd_template/lib/bittorrent/readline.so > /usr/share/vim/vim70/ftplugin/readline.vim > /usr/share/vim/vim70/indent/readline.vim > /usr/share/vim/vim70/syntax/readline.vim > > postgresql-8.3.6$ ./configure --prefix /var/lib/postgres8_3_6/ > --with-libraries=/usr/lib64/libreadline.so.5.1:/usr/lib/libreadline.so.5:/usr/share/:/usr/src/ > --with-includes=/usr/lib64/:/usr/lib/:/usr/share/:/usr/src/ --enable-debug > > > checking for main in -lm... yes > checking for library containing setproctitle... no > checking for library containing dlopen... -ldl > checking for library containing socket... none required > checking for library containing shl_load... no > checking for library containing getopt_long... none required > checking for library containing crypt... -lcrypt > checking for library containing fdatasync... none required > checking for library containing shmget... none required > checking for -lreadline... no > checking for -ledit... no > configure: error: readline library not found > If you have readline already installed, see config.log for details on the > failure. It is possible the compiler isn't looking in the proper directory. > Use --without-readline to disable readline support. > > > -- > Sent via pgsql-admin mailing list (pgsql-admin@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx) > To make changes to your subscription: > http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-admin -- Sent via pgsql-admin mailing list (pgsql-admin@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-admin
