or if your distro is a newer one, they generally come with an alternative called libedit, link that one if readline is not available for your distribution. i had the same problem with new Ubuntu releases.
/ Usama On Nov 29, 2007 2:23 PM, Marc Schablewski <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > You probably don't have readline's header files installed. They are > usually part of your linux distro, but not installed by default. Install > the files and rerun configure. > > Marc > > paulo wrote: > > The following bug has been logged online: > > > > Bug reference: 3787 > > Logged by: paulo > > Email address: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > PostgreSQL version: 8.0.14 > > Operating system: MANDRIVA > > Description: configure: error: readline library not found > > Details: > > > > Help -me no install > > > > configure: error: readline library not found > > If you have readline already installed, see config.log for details on > the > > failure. It is possible the compiler isn't looking in the proper > > directory. > > Use --without-readline to disable readline support. > > > > ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- > > TIP 4: Have you searched our list archives? > > > > http://archives.postgresql.org > > > > > > > > -- > > Marc Schablewski > click:ware Informationstechnik GmbH > > > ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- > TIP 5: don't forget to increase your free space map settings >
