Readline not working in rvm - Ubuntu 11.10

Question

I am using rvm on my ubyntu 11.10. My readline is not working, I tried ruby extconf.rb but it is not passed. Output is bellow:

$ ruby extconf.rb         


        

Answer 1

Same issue as here Readline errors prevent me running rails console

Under ubuntu you can use the system readline installation.

rvm uninstall ${YOURUBYVERSION}
sudo apt-get install libreadline-dev
rvm install ${YOURUBYVERSION} --with-readline-dir=/usr/include/readline

Substitute ${YOURUBYVERSION} with your desired ruby version.