On Fri, Jan 07, 2005 at 11:56:46PM -0500, a j wrote:
> I just compiled R on solaris.
>
> Everything seems to run fine.
>
> Except, the up and down arrows don't take me
> through the history. See:
[...]
> How can I get these arrows to take me through history?
It's a FAQ -- you need readline support. Check your build logs, you should
see something like this (which is from the Debian builds I maintain /
coordinate, you'd obviously get something other than i386, though):
R is now configured for i386-pc-linux-gnu
Source directory: .
Installation directory: /usr
C compiler: gcc -g -O2
C++ compiler: g++ -g -O2
Fortran compiler: g77 -g -O2
Interfaces supported: X11, gnome, tcltk
External libraries: readline, BLAS(generic)
Additional capabilities: PNG, JPEG
Options enabled: shared library, R profiling
Recommended packages: no
Note the 'readline' after external libraries. You need it for the "up-arrow".
Dirk
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