From: sa 125 Date: 2009-06-01T15:40:56+09:00 Subject: Re: irb command history issues with ruby 1.9.1p129 Mk 27 wrote: > sa 125 wrote: >> Hi all, >> >> I've recently installed ruby 1.9.1 from source w/o any special issues on >> ubuntu linux 9.04. Everything works great except scrolling command >> history in irb with the up/down arrow keys. I'm sure you guys can >> appreciate how annoying it is to retype everything (yeah, I'm lazy). >> >> Does anyone have an idea on how to fix this? I read that it has >> something to do with readline library, but after installing those (both >> GNU and ruby's) and rebuilding didn't change much. I also read a post on > > I installed 1.9.1p129 a few weeks ago on Fedora Core 10-64 and the irb > CL history is fine. It almost certainly uses readline and probably > would not build at all without it, but just in case: are you sure you > installed the DEVELOPMENT libraries for GNU readline, which are required > for source builds, and not just the normal library package, which is > just objects for pre-built binaries to link to. > > Ruby readline() is probably a red herring here. You're right - I got the development package for GNU readline (libreadline5-dev) and rebuilt, and irb worked fine. Thanks! -- Posted via http://www.ruby-forum.com/.