Installed
libraries: libhistory.[a,so],
and libreadline.[a,so]
The Readline package is a set of libraries that offers command-line editing and history capabilities.
The following patch includes a fix for a problem where Readline sometimes only shows 33 characters on a line and then wraps to the next line. It also includes other fixes recommended by the Readline author.
patch -Np1 -i ../readline-5.0-fixes-1.patch
Prepare Readline for compilation:
./configure --prefix=/usr --libdir=/lib
Compile the package:
make SHLIB_XLDFLAGS=-lncurses
The meaning of the make option:
This option forces Readline to link against the libncurses library.
Install the package:
make install
Give Readline's dynamic libraries more appropriate permissions:
chmod 755 /lib/lib{readline,history}.so*
Now move the static libraries to a more appropriate location:
mv /lib/lib{readline,history}.a /usr/lib
Next, remove the .so files in /lib and relink them into /usr/lib.
rm /lib/lib{readline,history}.so
ln -sf ../../lib/libreadline.so.5 /usr/lib/libreadline.so
ln -sf ../../lib/libhistory.so.5 /usr/lib/libhistory.so