I downloaded a precompiled bundle from a web site and dropped it into my 
ruby lib according to instructions.

I downloaded it from the site mentioned here:
http://blade.nagaokaut.ac.jp/cgi-bin/scat.rb/ruby/ruby-talk/72433

I also tried building it according to a script in this email. The script 
was pretty cool, but didn't work for me, so I just downloaded the bundle 
and followed the instructions. It's worked great for me.

Nick

Stephen Steiner wrote:

> I'm trying to install Ruby's readline module on OS X and am having the 
> following problem:
>
>
> When I run:
>
> ruby extconf.rb
>
> I get:
>
> checking for tgetnum() in -lncurses... yes
> checking for readline/readline.h... yes
> checking for readline/history.h... yes
> checking for readline() in -lreadline... no
>
> The question is, where are the paths that 'have_library()' is going to 
> search?  It is finding the header files but can't seem to find the 
> library (libreadline.a).
>
> Thanks!
>
> Steve
>
>