From: Stewart <stewart.matheson@...>
Date: 2009-08-12T01:00:05+09:00
Subject: Re: Readline not working with Ruby

/usr/local/src/ruby-1.8.7-p72/ext/readline $ make
make: Nothing to be done for `all'.
/usr/local/src/ruby-1.8.7-p72/ext/readline $ make install
make: Nothing to be done for `install'.
/usr/local/src/ruby-1.8.7-p72/ext/readline $ ls
Makefile	README		README.ja	depend		extconf.rb	readline.bundle
readline.c	readline.o
/usr/local/src/ruby-1.8.7-p72/ext/readline $

Did not do anything  Does not seem anything was made.


On Aug 11, 4:53 pm, Thomas Preymesser <tho...@gmail.com> wrote:
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> 2009/8/11 Stewart <stewart.mathe...@gmail.com>
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> > 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?
>
> i had the same problem. going to the ext/readline directory and 'make' and
> 'make install' solved the problem for me.
>
> -Thomas
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