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2 | <!DOCTYPE sect1 PUBLIC "-//OASIS//DTD DocBook XML V4.4//EN" "http://www.oasis-open.org/docbook/xml/4.4/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" 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 is a set of libraries that offers command-line
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14 | editing and history capabilities.</para>
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15 |
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16 | <segmentedlist>
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17 | <segtitle>&buildtime;</segtitle>
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18 | <segtitle>&diskspace;</segtitle>
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19 | <seglistitem><seg>0.11 SBU</seg><seg>9.1 MB</seg></seglistitem>
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20 | </segmentedlist>
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21 |
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22 | <segmentedlist>
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23 | <segtitle>&dependencies;</segtitle>
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24 | <seglistitem><seg>Binutils, Coreutils, Diffutils, Gawk,
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25 | GCC, Glibc, Grep, Make, Ncurses, and Sed</seg></seglistitem>
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26 | </segmentedlist>
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27 | </sect2>
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28 |
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29 | <sect2 role="installation">
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30 | <title>Installation of Readline</title>
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31 |
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32 | <para>The following patch includes a fix for a problem where Readline sometimes
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33 | only shows 33 characters on a line and then wraps to the next line. It also
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34 | includes other fixes recommended by the Readline author.</para>
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35 |
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36 | <screen><userinput>patch -Np1 -i ../readline-&readline-version;-fixes-1.patch</userinput></screen>
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37 |
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38 | <para>Prepare Readline for compilation:</para>
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39 |
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40 | <screen><userinput>./configure --prefix=/usr --libdir=/lib</userinput></screen>
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41 |
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42 | <para>Compile the package:</para>
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43 |
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44 | <screen><userinput>make SHLIB_XLDFLAGS=-lncurses</userinput></screen>
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45 |
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46 | <para>The meaning of the make option:</para>
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47 |
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48 | <variablelist>
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49 | <varlistentry>
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50 | <term><parameter>SHLIB_XLDFLAGS=-lncurses</parameter></term>
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51 | <listitem><para>This option forces Readline to link against the
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52 | <filename class="libraryfile">libncurses</filename> library.</para></listitem>
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53 | </varlistentry>
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54 | </variablelist>
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55 |
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56 | <para>Install the package:</para>
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57 |
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58 | <screen><userinput>make install</userinput></screen>
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59 |
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60 | <para>Give Readline's dynamic libraries more appropriate permissions:</para>
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61 |
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62 | <screen><userinput>chmod 755 /lib/lib{readline,history}.so*</userinput></screen>
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63 |
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64 | <para>Now move the static libraries to a more appropriate location:</para>
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65 |
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66 | <screen><userinput>mv /lib/lib{readline,history}.a /usr/lib</userinput></screen>
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67 |
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68 | <para>Next, remove the <filename class="extension">.so</filename> files in
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69 | <filename class="directory">/lib</filename> and relink them into <filename
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70 | class="directory">/usr/lib</filename>.</para>
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71 |
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72 | <screen><userinput>rm /lib/lib{readline,history}.so
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73 | ln -sf ../../lib/libreadline.so.5 /usr/lib/libreadline.so
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74 | ln -sf ../../lib/libhistory.so.5 /usr/lib/libhistory.so</userinput></screen>
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75 |
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76 | <beginpage/>
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77 |
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78 | </sect2>
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79 |
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80 | <sect2 id="contents-readline" role="content"><title>Contents of Readline</title>
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81 | <segmentedlist>
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82 | <segtitle>Installed libraries</segtitle>
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83 | <seglistitem><seg>libhistory.[a,so], and libreadline.[a,so]</seg></seglistitem>
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84 | </segmentedlist>
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85 |
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86 | <variablelist><bridgehead renderas="sect3">Short Descriptions</bridgehead>
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87 | <?dbfo list-presentation="list"?>
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88 | <?dbhtml list-presentation="table"?>
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89 |
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90 | <varlistentry id="libhistory">
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91 | <term><filename class="libraryfile">libhistory</filename></term>
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92 | <listitem>
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93 | <para>Provides a consistent user interface
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94 | for recalling lines of history</para>
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95 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-readline libhistory"><primary sortas="c-libhistory">libhistory</primary></indexterm>
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96 | </listitem>
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97 | </varlistentry>
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98 |
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99 | <varlistentry id="libreadline">
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100 | <term><filename class="libraryfile">libreadline</filename></term>
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101 | <listitem>
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102 | <para>Aids in the consistency of user interface
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103 | across discrete programs that need to provide a command line
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104 | interface</para>
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105 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-readline libreadline"><primary sortas="c-libreadline">libreadline</primary></indexterm>
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106 | </listitem>
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107 | </varlistentry>
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108 |
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109 | </variablelist>
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110 |
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111 | </sect2>
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112 |
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113 | </sect1>
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114 |
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