[R] readline not found

[Laurent Faisnel]

The problem is solved.
I cc this mail to John who probably had the same kind of problem.

Peter Dalgaard wrote:
> Laurent Faisnel <laurent.faisnel at ariase.com> writes:
> 

That's the part of the log where you have the debug information (at the 
top) :

> 
>>configure:11773: gcc -o conftest -g -O2  -L/usr/local/lib conftest.c
>>-lreadline  -ldl -lm  >&5
>>/usr/lib/gcc-lib/i386-redhat-linux/3.2/../../../libreadline.so:
>>undefined reference to `tgetnum'
>>/usr/lib/gcc-lib/i386-redhat-linux/3.2/../../../libreadline.so:
>>undefined reference to `tgoto'
>>/usr/lib/gcc-lib/i386-redhat-linux/3.2/../../../libreadline.so:
>>undefined reference to `tgetflag'
>>/usr/lib/gcc-lib/i386-redhat-linux/3.2/../../../libreadline.so:
>>undefined reference to `BC'
>>/usr/lib/gcc-lib/i386-redhat-linux/3.2/../../../libreadline.so:
>>undefined reference to `tputs'
>>/usr/lib/gcc-lib/i386-redhat-linux/3.2/../../../libreadline.so:
>>undefined reference to `PC'
>>/usr/lib/gcc-lib/i386-redhat-linux/3.2/../../../libreadline.so:
>>undefined reference to `tgetent'
>>/usr/lib/gcc-lib/i386-redhat-linux/3.2/../../../libreadline.so:
>>undefined reference to `UP'
>>/usr/lib/gcc-lib/i386-redhat-linux/3.2/../../../libreadline.so:
>>undefined reference to `tgetstr'
> 
> 
> Oho... I think those routines are from libncurses,

I'm very impressed by your intuition (or memory). That's exactly where 
the problem was.

> so you might be
> needing
> 
> ncurses-5.2-28

I already had this one installed. Not sufficient.

> ncurses-devel-5.2-28

But not this one. Once it is installed, evrything works fine and I have 
a readline-enabled R version.

> 
> (not sure you really need the last one, but...)
> 

It's really needed.

More info : http://dbforums.com/arch/147/2002/12/608415 (exactly the same)

Peter : Thanks a lot.

John : Hope it's a solution to your problem too.

	
   - Laurent