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2 | <!DOCTYPE sect1 PUBLIC "-//OASIS//DTD DocBook XML V4.3//EN" "http://www.oasis-open.org/docbook/xml/4.3/docbookx.dtd" [
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3 | <!ENTITY % general-entities SYSTEM "../general.ent">
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4 | %general-entities;
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5 | ]>
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6 | <sect1 id="ch-system-readline" xreflabel="Readline" role="wrap">
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7 | <title>Readline-&readline-version;</title>
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8 | <?dbhtml filename="readline.html"?>
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9 |
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10 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-readline"><primary sortas="a-Readline">Readline</primary></indexterm>
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11 |
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12 | <sect2 role="package"><title/>
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13 | <para>The Readline package contains the Readline command-line library.</para>
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14 |
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15 | <segmentedlist>
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16 | <segtitle>&buildtime;</segtitle>
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17 | <segtitle>&diskspace;</segtitle>
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18 | <seglistitem><seg>XXX SBU</seg><seg>3.8 MB</seg></seglistitem>
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19 | </segmentedlist>
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20 |
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21 | <segmentedlist>
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22 | <segtitle>Readline installation depends on</segtitle>
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23 | <seglistitem><seg>Binutils, Coreutils, Diffutils, Gawk,
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24 | GCC, Glibc, Grep, Make, Ncurses, Sed</seg></seglistitem>
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25 | </segmentedlist>
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26 | </sect2>
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27 |
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28 | <sect2 role="installation">
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29 | <title>Installation of Readline</title>
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30 |
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31 | <para>Prepare Readline for compilation:</para>
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32 |
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33 | <screen><userinput>./configure --prefix=/usr</userinput></screen>
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34 |
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35 | <para>Compile the package:</para>
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36 |
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37 | <screen><userinput>make SHLIB_XLDFLAGS=-lncurses</userinput></screen>
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38 |
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39 | <para>Install the package:</para>
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40 |
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41 | <screen><userinput>make install</userinput></screen>
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42 |
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43 | <para>Give Readline's dynamic libraries more appropriate permissions:</para>
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44 |
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45 | <screen><userinput>chmod 755 /usr/lib/*.&readline-version;</userinput></screen>
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46 |
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47 | <para>Move the dynamic libraries to a more appropriate location:</para>
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48 |
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49 | <screen><userinput>mv /usr/lib/lib{readline,history}.so.5* /lib</userinput></screen>
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50 |
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51 | <para>Because the libraries have been moved, a few symlinks are now pointing to
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52 | non-existent files. Recreate those symlinks:</para>
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53 |
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54 | <screen><userinput>ln -sf ../../lib/libhistory.so.5 /usr/lib/libhistory.so
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55 | ln -sf ../../lib/libreadline.so.5 /usr/lib/libreadline.so</userinput></screen>
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56 |
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57 | </sect2>
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58 |
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59 |
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60 | <sect2 id="contents-readline" role="content"><title>Contents of Readline</title>
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61 | <segmentedlist>
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62 | <segtitle>Installed libraries</segtitle>
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63 | <seglistitem><seg>libhistory.[a,so], libreadline.[a,so]</seg></seglistitem>
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64 | </segmentedlist>
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65 |
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66 | <variablelist><bridgehead renderas="sect3">Short descriptions</bridgehead>
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67 | <?dbfo list-presentation="list"?>
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68 |
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69 | <varlistentry id="libhistory">
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70 | <term><filename class="libraryfile">libhistory</filename></term>
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71 | <listitem>
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72 | <para>a programming tool that provides a consistent user interface
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73 | for recalling lines of history.</para>
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74 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-readline libhistory"><primary sortas="c-libhistory">libhistory</primary></indexterm>
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75 | </listitem>
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76 | </varlistentry>
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77 |
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78 | <varlistentry id="libreadline">
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79 | <term><filename class="libraryfile">libreadline</filename></term>
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80 | <listitem>
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81 | <para>a utility which aids in the consistency of user interface
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82 | across discrete programs that need to provide a command line
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83 | interface.</para>
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84 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-readline libreadline"><primary sortas="c-libreadline">libreadline</primary></indexterm>
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85 | </listitem>
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86 | </varlistentry>
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87 |
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88 | </variablelist>
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89 |
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90 | </sect2>
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91 |
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92 | </sect1>
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93 |
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