The Gnu readline library is used by other programs, such as shells and interpreters, to provide common line-editing capabilities.
Questions tagged [libreadline]
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Library not loaded: /usr/local/opt/readline/lib/libreadline.6.2.dylib
I just installed posgresql with homebrew and when I go on to type the command
psql
I get the following error:
dyld: Library not loaded: /usr/local/opt/readline/lib/libreadline.6.2.dylib
Referenced from: /usr/local/bin/psql
Reason: image not…

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Library not loaded: /usr/local/lib/libpq.5.4.dylib
I am working on a rails app.
Installed Postgresql using postgresql-9.1.2-1-osx.dmg
Installed pg gem.
Then when I executed rake db:create
getting the following error…

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Library not loaded: /usr/local/opt/readline/lib/libreadline.7.dylib
When I try running rails console I get this error:
/Users/TuzsNewMacBook/.rvm/gems/ruby-2.3.7/gems/bootsnap-1.3.2/lib/bootsnap/load_path_cache/core_ext/kernel_require.rb:21:in `require':
…

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'readline/readline.h' file not found
I have included:
#include "stdio.h"
#include
#include
and my compiler includes the flag
-lreadline
but I am still receiving the error message:
fatal error: 'readline/readline.h' file not found
I am…

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How to get Readline support in IRB using RVM on Ubuntu 11.10
I have tried everything I can think of to get this to work, to no avail so here I am requesting suggestions on how to debug.
Firstly, runnning Ubuntu 11.10
Installed rvm:
$ bash < <(curl -s…

ktec
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dyld: Library not loaded: Referenced from: /usr/local/bin/awk
It shows error message as follow when I open the terminal:
dyld: Library not loaded: /usr/local/opt/readline/lib/libreadline.6.dylib
Referenced from: /usr/local/bin/awk
Reason: image not found

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R command history: how to configure up-arrow to treat "multiline, brace-enclosed input" as one line?
This question is about configuring the R console to behave like a bash shell when it comes to navigating the command history. It is somewhat related to the ?history. For brace-enclosed multi-lines, I'd like to configure the command history…

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install ruby 1.9.3 using rvm on ubuntu
Possible Duplicate:
Ruby 1.9.2 and Rails 3 cannot open rails console
I have already installed rvm and ruby 1.9.2, both working properly. Using rvm version 1.10.2. I previously installed the rvm packages readline/zlib, but now I'm having big…

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undefined reference to `readline'
I'm having a problem trying to run the GNU Readline library sample code available in wikipedia. Here it goes:
#include
#include
#include
#include
#include
int main()
{
…

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yum showing readline installed but readline command not working
yum My system shows readline installed
rlwrap-0.41]$ sudo yum install readline
Loaded plugins: fastestmirror, presto, security
Loading mirror speeds from cached hostfile
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Package readline-6.0-4.el6.x86_64 already installed and latest…

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No readline support while using pdb.set_trace()
I have an application running Python 2.6.X. Starting the Python interpreter in interactive mode (with or without using virtualenv): readline support working (command history).
Starting my application with the same Python interpreter (virtualenv-ed…
user2665694
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Statically linked, correctly working readline library under Windows?
We're developing a C++ software package which depends on the GNU readline library and we usually build using gcc (requiring at least version 4). Now we would like to port this to Windows, obtaining a statically linked version which we can…

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How do I link against the GNU readline library rather than libedit in macosx?
Attempting to build Term-Readline-Gnu on macosx, fails complaining about libedit and recommending to use gnu readline. How do I do that?
This is one of the attempts I have tried:
First I built GNU libreadline v6.2 statically but did not install it -…

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Homebrew pyenv install error dyld: Library not loaded: /usr/local/opt/readline/lib/libreadline.7.dylib
After installing pyenv from Homebrew on MacOS Mojave I am getting build errors when attempting to install any python versions.
When running pyenv install for any version the build will fail with error:
dyld: Library not loaded:…

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how to output messages to stdout on another thread while reading from stdin with GNU readline without messing up the inputs?
Sorry for the long title. I am developing a network program in C which may display messages received from network on stdout and accept user input on stdin via the GNU readline library.
The problem is, when the user is typing commands on the main…

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