[GiNaC-list] I could not find libreadline

[Bernd Speiser]

Hi all,

I am installing ginac 1.4.0 on an openSuSE 10.3 machine. I have 
installed libreadline:

# ll /lib/*readline*
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root     21 Nov 15 10:02 /lib/libreadline.so -> 
/lib/libreadline.so.5
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root     23 Oct 13 09:59 /lib/libreadline.so.4 -> 
/lib/libreadline.so.5.2
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root     18 Oct  8 20:55 /lib/libreadline.so.5 -> 
libreadline.so.5.2
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 198824 Sep 22 00:16 /lib/libreadline.so.5.2

Still, configuring ginac results in:

=== The following minor problems have been detected by configure.
=== Please check the messages below before running "make".
=== (see the section 'Common Problems' in the INSTALL file)

== I could not find libreadline (needed by ginsh).

In config.log, I find:

configure:22950: checking for readline in -lreadline
configure:22980: g++ -o conftest -g -O2   conftest.cc -lreadline    >&5
/usr/local/lib/libreadline.so: undefined reference to `PC'
/usr/local/lib/libreadline.so: undefined reference to `tgetflag'
/usr/local/lib/libreadline.so: undefined reference to `tgetent'
/usr/local/lib/libreadline.so: undefined reference to `UP'
/usr/local/lib/libreadline.so: undefined reference to `tputs'
/usr/local/lib/libreadline.so: undefined reference to `tgoto'
/usr/local/lib/libreadline.so: undefined reference to `tgetnum'
/usr/local/lib/libreadline.so: undefined reference to `BC'
/usr/local/lib/libreadline.so: undefined reference to `tgetstr'
collect2: ld returned 1 exit status

which suggests that libreadline is looked for in /usr/local/lib, but not 
in /lib. Can this behavior be changed?

Not even installing libreadline in /usr/local/lib like

# ll /usr/local/lib/*readline*
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 659580 Nov 13 10:54 /usr/local/lib/libreadline.a
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root     16 Nov 13 10:54 /usr/local/lib/libreadline.so 
-> libreadline.so.5
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root     18 Nov 13 10:54 
/usr/local/lib/libreadline.so.5 -> libreadline.so.5.2
-r-xr-xr-x 1 root root 484002 Nov 13 10:54 /usr/local/lib/libreadline.so.5.2

does help.

Any suggestion, what could be the reason?

Best regards
Bernd

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