# Can't compile with readline

**URL:** <https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/cant-compile-with-readline/75601>\
**Category:** Ruby\
**Created:** [November 11, 2006, 11:30am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/cant-compile-with-readline/75601 "2006-11-11T11:30:59Z")\
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**Author:** ![jonathan2000](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/j/fbc32d/32.png) [@jonathan2000](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/jonathan2000)\
**Post date:** [November 11, 2006, 11:30am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/cant-compile-with-readline/75601/1 "2006-11-11T11:30:59Z")

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Hi,

I’m trying to compile Ruby 1.8.5 on Debian Sarge with readline. After  
compilation I try irb and I get:

irb(main):001:0\> require “readline”  
LoadError: no such file to load – readline  
from (irb):1:in `require’  
from (irb):1

Also I have these readline related packages installed:

$ dpkg -l | grep ^ii | grep readline  
ii libreadline-ruby 1.8.2-1 Readline interface for Ruby  
ii libreadline-ruby1.6 1.6.8-12sarge2 Readline interface for Ruby  
1.6.x  
ii libreadline-ruby1.8 1.8.5-3 Readline interface for Ruby  
1.8  
ii libreadline4 4.3-11 GNU readline and history  
libraries, run-time libraries  
ii libreadline5 5.2-1 GNU readline and history  
libraries, run-time libraries  
ii libreadline5-dev 5.2-1 GNU readline and history  
libraries, development files  
ii readline-common 5.2-1 GNU readline and history  
libraries, common files

Why ruby does not compile with readline? Thank you!

Jonathan

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**Author:** ![jonathan2000](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/j/fbc32d/32.png) [@jonathan2000](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/jonathan2000)\
**Post date:** [November 11, 2006, 11:49am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/cant-compile-with-readline/75601/2 "2006-11-11T11:49:01Z")

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At last, thanks to this message I have been able to make the extension  
directly from /usr/src/ruby-1.8.5/ext/readline

[http://blade.nagaokaut.ac.jp/cgi-bin/vframe.rb/ruby/ruby-talk/214784?214503-216256+split-mode-vertical](http://blade.nagaokaut.ac.jp/cgi-bin/vframe.rb/ruby/ruby-talk/214784?214503-216256+split-mode-vertical)

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**Author:** ![jonathan2000](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/j/fbc32d/32.png) [@jonathan2000](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/jonathan2000)\
**Post date:** [November 11, 2006, 4:45pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/cant-compile-with-readline/75601/3 "2006-11-11T16:45:36Z")

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‘apt-get install ruby’ will work just fine.

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**Author:** ![jonathan2000](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/j/fbc32d/32.png) [@jonathan2000](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/jonathan2000)\
**Post date:** [November 11, 2006, 4:41pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/cant-compile-with-readline/75601/4 "2006-11-11T16:41:36Z")

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how do i install ruby in debian?  
because i need to create a game as this framework.

thank you!

2006/11/11, Jonathan Métillon [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid):

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**Author:** ![jonathan2000](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/j/fbc32d/32.png) [@jonathan2000](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/jonathan2000)\
**Post date:** [November 11, 2006, 4:55pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/cant-compile-with-readline/75601/5 "2006-11-11T16:55:37Z")

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thank you!

2006/11/11, Codeblogger [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid):