%general-entities; ]> Readline The following patch contains updates from the maintainer. The maintainer of Readline only releases these patches to fix serious issues: patch -Np1 -i ../&readline-branch_update-patch; Prepare Readline for compilation: ./configure --prefix=/usr --libdir=/lib Compile the package: make SHLIB_LIBS=-lncurses This package does not come with a test suite. Install the package: make install Install the documentation: make install-doc Now move the static libraries to a more appropriate location: mv -v /lib/lib{readline,history}.a /usr/lib Next, remove the .so files in /lib and relink them into /usr/lib. rm -v /lib/lib{readline,history}.so ln -svf ../../lib/libreadline.so.&readline-version2; /usr/lib/libreadline.so ln -svf ../../lib/libhistory.so.&readline-version2; /usr/lib/libhistory.so Installed libraries Installed directories libhistory.[a,so], and libreadline.[a,so] /usr/include/readline, /usr/share/readline Short Descriptions libhistory Provides a consistent user interface for recalling lines of history libhistory libreadline Aids in the consistency of user interface across discrete programs that need to provide a command line interface libreadline