2 If you've compiled Ruby from source, you might get this error when executing *script/console*: <code> /usr/local/lib/ruby/1.8/irb/completion.rb:10:in `require': no such file to load -- readline (LoadError) </code> One way of fixing this is to compile readline, which is distributed along with the Ruby source: <code> cd /opt/src/ruby-1.8.5-p2/ext/readline ruby extconf.rb make sudo make install </code> This works even after compiling Ruby, so no need to recompile... If you're wondering what readline is then this quote from the "project homepage":http://tiswww.case.edu/php/chet/readline/rltop.html sums it up in one sentence: "The GNU Readline library provides a set of functions for use by applications that allow users to edit command lines as they are typed in." 0 2007-08-14T02:39:34+03:00 57 131 <p>If you&#8217;ve compiled Ruby from source, you might get this error when executing <strong>script/console</strong>:</p> <p><pre class="active4d"><span class="line-numbers"> 1 </span> /usr/local/lib/ruby/1.8/irb/completion.rb:10:<span class="Keyword">in</span> <span class="String"><span class="String">`</span>require': no such file to load -- readline (LoadError)</span> </pre></p> <p>One way of fixing this is to compile readline, which is distributed along with the Ruby source:</p> <p><pre class="active4d"><span class="line-numbers"> 1 </span> cd /opt/src/ruby-1.8.5-p2/ext/readline <span class="line-numbers"> 2 </span> ruby extconf.rb <span class="line-numbers"> 3 </span> make <span class="line-numbers"> 4 </span> sudo make install </pre></p> <p>This works even after compiling Ruby, so no need to recompile&#8230; If you&#8217;re wondering what readline is then this quote from the <a href="http://tiswww.case.edu/php/chet/readline/rltop.html">project homepage</a> sums it up in one sentence: &#8220;The GNU Readline library provides a set of functions for use by applications that allow users to edit command lines as they are typed in.&#8221;</p> 2008-07-08T22:02:18+03:00