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110 lines
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<?xml version="1.0" encoding="ISO-8859-1"?>
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<!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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<!ENTITY % general-entities SYSTEM "../general.ent">
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%general-entities;
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]>
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<sect1 id="ch-system-readline" xreflabel="Readline" role="wrap">
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<title>Readline-&readline-version;</title>
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<?dbhtml filename="readline.html"?>
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<indexterm zone="ch-system-readline"><primary sortas="a-Readline">Readline</primary></indexterm>
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<sect2 role="package"><title/>
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<para>The Readline package contains the Readline command-line library.</para>
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<segmentedlist>
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<segtitle>&buildtime;</segtitle>
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<segtitle>&diskspace;</segtitle>
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<seglistitem><seg>XXX SBU</seg><seg>3.8 MB</seg></seglistitem>
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</segmentedlist>
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<segmentedlist>
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<segtitle>Readline installation depends on</segtitle>
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<seglistitem><seg>Binutils, Coreutils, Diffutils, Gawk,
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GCC, Glibc, Grep, Make, Ncurses, Sed</seg></seglistitem>
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</segmentedlist>
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</sect2>
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<sect2 role="installation">
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<title>Installation of Readline</title>
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<para>The following patch fixes a problem where Readline sometimes
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will only show 33 characters on a line and then wraps to the next
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line.</para>
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<screen><userinput>patch -Np1 -i ../readline-&readline-version;-display_wrap-1.patch</userinput></screen>
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<para>Prepare Readline for compilation:</para>
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<screen><userinput>./configure --prefix=/usr</userinput></screen>
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<para>Compile the package:</para>
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<screen><userinput>make SHLIB_XLDFLAGS=-lncurses</userinput></screen>
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<para>The meaning of the make option:</para>
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<variablelist>
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<varlistentry>
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<term><parameter>SHLIB_XLDFLAGS=-lncurses</parameter></term>
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<listitem><para>This option forces readline to link against the
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<filename>libncurses</filename> library.</para></listitem>
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</varlistentry>
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</variablelist>
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<para>Install the package:</para>
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<screen><userinput>make install</userinput></screen>
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<para>Give Readline's dynamic libraries more appropriate permissions:</para>
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<screen><userinput>chmod 755 /usr/lib/*.&readline-version;</userinput></screen>
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<para>Move the dynamic libraries to a more appropriate location:</para>
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<screen><userinput>mv /usr/lib/lib{readline,history}.so.5* /lib</userinput></screen>
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<para>Because the libraries have been moved, a few symlinks are now pointing to
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non-existent files. Recreate those symlinks:</para>
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<screen><userinput>ln -sf ../../lib/libhistory.so.5 /usr/lib/libhistory.so
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ln -sf ../../lib/libreadline.so.5 /usr/lib/libreadline.so</userinput></screen>
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</sect2>
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<sect2 id="contents-readline" role="content"><title>Contents of Readline</title>
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<segmentedlist>
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<segtitle>Installed libraries</segtitle>
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<seglistitem><seg>libhistory.[a,so], libreadline.[a,so]</seg></seglistitem>
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</segmentedlist>
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<variablelist><bridgehead renderas="sect3">Short descriptions</bridgehead>
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<?dbfo list-presentation="list"?>
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<varlistentry id="libhistory">
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<term><filename class="libraryfile">libhistory</filename></term>
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<listitem>
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<para>a programming tool that provides a consistent user interface
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for recalling lines of history.</para>
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<indexterm zone="ch-system-readline libhistory"><primary sortas="c-libhistory">libhistory</primary></indexterm>
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</listitem>
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</varlistentry>
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<varlistentry id="libreadline">
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<term><filename class="libraryfile">libreadline</filename></term>
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<listitem>
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<para>a utility which aids in the consistency of user interface
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across discrete programs that need to provide a command line
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interface.</para>
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<indexterm zone="ch-system-readline libreadline"><primary sortas="c-libreadline">libreadline</primary></indexterm>
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</listitem>
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</varlistentry>
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</variablelist>
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</sect2>
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</sect1>
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