%general-entities; ]> Readline-&readline-version; 64 Bit Readline Installation of Readline CC="gcc ${BUILD64}" CXX="g++ ${BUILD64}" \ ./configure --prefix=/usr --libdir=/lib64 chmod 755 /lib64/lib{readline,history}.so* mv /lib64/lib{readline,history}.a /usr/lib64 Next, remove the .so files in /lib64 and relink them into /usr/lib64. rm /lib64/lib{readline,history}.so ln -sf ../../lib64/libreadline.so.5 /usr/lib64/libreadline.so ln -sf ../../lib64/libhistory.so.5 /usr/lib64/libhistory.so