Re: how to use -lreadline option in gcc

[Tom <tom@abwaerts.be>]

[20/10/2005 -- 16:34u] Michael Marsh:

> > I download some source code which use -lreadline -ltermcap and which
> > has the line #include <readline/readline.h>

<...>

> > what package should i install to solve this?
> 
> libreadline5-dev should do it.  There's also a libreadline4-dev , and
> I have no idea what the difference is between them.  You can find
> these with "apt-cache search readline".

Or in a similar case where apt-cache search can't help you out, there's
always apt-file, with which you can search through files installed by
packages, rather than only the package names.

Cheers,
Tom

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