From: GregD <gditrick@...>
Date: 2010-10-15T02:16:42+09:00
Subject: Re: 1.9.2 irb and readline problem on ubuntu



On Oct 14, 11:36 am, GregD <gditr...@fuse.net> wrote:
> All,
>
> Does anyone have an issue with 1.9.2 irb and readline where the arrow
> buttons and tab don't work?
>
> I have tried many things and even remove readline6 from the picture
> still does not work.
>
> I've done this during the install:
>
> rvm package install zlib
> rvm package install readline
> rvm install 1.9.2 -C --with-zlib-dir=/usr/local/rvm/usr --with-
> readline-dir=/usr/local/rvm/usr
>
> It looks like it is not compiling with readline.  Any help, please?
>
> Thanks,
>
> GregD

Well, I got it to work.  But, not 100% sure what did it.

I did these:

installed ubuntu's libreadline5-dev.
ran ruby extconf.rb in the 1.9.2-src.../ext/readline dir
ran the ./confuration.sh | tee temp.log multiple times looking in
temp.log for any readline info never found it.
installed ubuntu's ncurses-dev
ran ruby extconf.rb again and it recognized the system's readline,
ncurses, etc
did a make there
did another rvm install 1.9.2

once it was installed, readline stuff worked for 1.9.2 irb.

I'm going to ping the rvm users group to see if anyone knows this and
if an issue has been submitted.


GregD