From: Peter Zotov Date: 2011-02-09T11:00:50+09:00 Subject: Re: 1.9.2 irb and readline problem on ubuntu On Wed, 9 Feb 2011 05:13:51 +0900 Victor Stan wrote: > Had same issue, > > this is what did it for me: > > apt-get update > apt-get install libreadline5-dev > rvm package install readline > rvm package install zlib # probably not necessary > > rvm install 1.9.2 -C --with-zlib-dir=/usr/local/rvm/usr/lib > --with-readline-dir=/usr/local/rvm/usr/lib > Absolutely not. You don't need to use any 'rvm package' commands on Debian; after you've installed libreadline5-dev package everything will work perfectly, just redo the rvm install step. -- WBR, Peter Zotov