I am trying to get readline 5.1 installed on my Mac but when I got started I am getting this curl. I got this book at half price so it is most likely way out of print, hence the problem, but I still wanted to ask.
adam-hodnichaks-computer:build adamhodnichak$ curl ftp://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/readline-5.1.tar.gz|tar xz
% Total % Received % Xferd Average Speed Time Time Time Current
Dload Upload Total Spent Left Speed
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 --:–:-- 0:00:01 --:–:-- 0
curl: (78) RETR response: 550
Found the proper url for readline 5.1 it had moved but now I am getting this command when this when I try to configure,
adam-hodnichaks-computer:readline-5.1 adamhodnichak$ ./configure --prefix=/user/local
checking build system type… i386-apple-darwin10.8.0
checking host system type… i386-apple-darwin10.8.0
Beginning configuration for readline-5.1 for i386-apple-darwin10.8.0
checking whether make sets $(MAKE)… no
checking for gcc… no
checking for cc… no
checking for cc… no
checking for cl… no
configure: error: no acceptable C compiler found in $PATH
See `config.log’ for more details.
adam-hodnichaks-computer:readline-5.1 adamhodnichak$ show config.log
-bash: show: command not found
adam-hodnichaks-computer:readline-5.1 adamhodnichak$ shw ‘config.log’
-bash: shw: command not found
adam-hodnichaks-computer:readline-5.1 adamhodnichak$ ./configure --prefix=/usr/locak
checking build system type… i386-apple-darwin10.8.0
checking host system type… i386-apple-darwin10.8.0
I believe this means I cannot use this version of readline as my OS X is version 10.4 or later. If someone could confirm that is true I would appreciate it. Once again sorry for the beginner quesions!?
Well, I don’t have a Mac but when someone tells me that I don’t have a C compiler… I’d better believe it!. Search for the log file and you will have more information. It is not an OS issue, only that you need a C compiler