From: Stewart <stewart.matheson@...>
Date: 2009-08-12T00:55:04+09:00
Subject: Re: Readline not working with Ruby

On Aug 11, 4:27 pm, Brian Candler <b.cand...@pobox.com> wrote:
> Stewart wrote:
> > Hey I compiled ruby with readline support. However when i go to IRB i
> > just get jibbrish when i press the up arrow on my keyboard.  Any
> > suggestions?
>
> You need the readline development libraries installed at the time when
> you run ./configure. If you're under Linux, the package will be called
> something like libreadline5-dev (Ubuntu/Debian) or readline-devel
> (RedHat or other RPM-based distro)
>
> If that's not the problem, then you'll need to be more specific. What OS
> are you on? What version of ruby are you building? What makes you think
> you built readline support successfully? Look through
> ext/readline/mkmf.log to see why the extension wasn't built, and post it
> here if you don't understand it.
> --
> Posted viahttp://www.ruby-forum.com/.

Sorry I should have posted more info

ruby 1.8.7 (2008-08-11 patchlevel 72) [i686-darwin9.6.0]

on mac os 10.5

I downloaded readline and compiled it my self. Then i compiled ruby.
So I would suggest its there and working but I am not sure. I think it
might be a linkage issue. Where can i find ext/readline/mkmf.log ?