[GiNaC-list] Re: I could not find headers for libreadline

[Hayk Gabrielyan]

Thank you for fast response. I've found the problem. I need not only
libreadline5-dev, also I need for libreadline5-dev libncourses5-dev.
So then I've installed, configure works properly.


On 1/27/08, Alexei Sheplyakov <varg at theor.jinr.ru> wrote:
> Hello!
>
> On Sun, Jan 27, 2008 at 10:54:36PM +0400, Hayk Gabrielyan wrote:
>
> > I'm new user of linux. I've installed an Ubuntu 7.10. I need to
> > install  Ginac for some scientific programs. But I get this problem
> > while doing "./configure"
> >
> > ===The following minor problems have been detected by configure.
> > ===Pleas check ....
> >
> > === I could not find the headers for libreadline (needed for building
> ginsh).
> >
> > ===I could not find libreadline (needed by ginsh).
> > ------------------------
>
> If you don't intend to use ginsh, you can safely ignore this warning.
>
> > I've read the Install file and Common problems. I found that there is
> > installed libreadline5.2-3build1
>
> As explained in the `INSTALL' file, you also need -dev package (that is,
> if you really want to use ginsh). Debian (etch) package is called
> libreadline5-dev. I don't use Ubuntu myself, but I guess the package
> name should be the same.
>
> > configure:22223: checking readline/readline.h usability
> > configure:22240: g++ -c -g -O2  conftest.cpp >&5
> > conftest.cpp:63:31: error: readline/readline.h: No such file or directory
> > configure:22246: $? = 1
> > configure: failed program was:
>
> [snipped]
>
> > what is the problem?
>
> libreadline5*-dev package (which contains readline headers and
> libreadline.so
> symlink) is missing on your system.
>
> > p.s. I don't know can I attach for example config.log file in my mail?
>
> In fact, it's a good idea to do so.
>
> Best regards,
> 	Alexei
>
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