I am trying to install R2.4 in a non-standard folder on a mandrake 10 system.

I did this:

./configure --prefix=/the/dir/where/I/want/r/to/go

and I got the following error:

configure: error: --with-readline=yes (default) and headers/libs are not available

I know that I can do 

--with-readline=no

But, I do want this readline feature.  I have a whole bunch of readline libraries:

/lib/libreadline.so.4
/lib/libreadline.so.4.1
/lib/libreadline.so.4.2
/lib/libreadline.so.4.3

So, I did this:

export LD_LIBRARY_PATH=/lib/libreadline.so.4.3

or 

export LD_LIBRARY_PATH=/lib/libreadline.so.4.3/

or

export LD_LIBRARY_PATH=/lib/

or 

export LD_LIBRARY_PATH=/lib

The problem remains.

I even have readline5.2 installed for this purpose, but it does not help.

Not sure how to resolve this problem.

Any idea?

Thanks.






 
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