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Install this package:

emerge -a sys-libs/readline

If the package is masked, you can unmask it using the autounmask tool or standard emerge options:

autounmask sys-libs/readline

Or alternatively:

emerge --autounmask-write -a sys-libs/readline

Package Information

Description:: Another cute console display library
Homepage:: https://tiswww.case.edu/php/chet/readline/rltop.html https://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/readline.git
License:: GPL-3+

Versions

Version	EAPI	Keywords	Slot
9999	8	~alpha ~amd64 ~arm ~arm64 ~hppa ~loong ~m68k ~mips ~ppc ~ppc64 ~riscv ~s390 ~sparc ~x86 ~arm64-macos ~x64-macos ~x64-solaris	0/8
8.3_p3	8	~alpha amd64 arm arm64 ~hppa ~loong ~m68k ~mips ppc ppc64 ~riscv ~s390 ~sparc x86 ~arm64-macos ~x64-macos ~x64-solaris	0/8
8.2_p13-r1	7	~alpha amd64 arm arm64 ~hppa ~loong ~m68k ~mips ppc ppc64 ~riscv ~s390 ~sparc x86 ~arm64-macos ~x64-macos ~x64-solaris	0/8
	8	~alpha ~amd64 ~arm ~arm64 ~hppa ~loong ~m68k ~mips ~ppc ~ppc64 ~riscv ~s390 ~sparc ~x86 ~arm64-macos ~x64-macos ~x64-solaris	0/8

Metadata

Maintainers

Gentoo Base System (base-system@gentoo.org) - Type: project

Upstream

Remote IDs:
- cpe: cpe:/a:gnu:readline
- savannah: readline

Raw Metadata XML

<pkgmetadata>
	<maintainer type="project">
		<email>base-system@gentoo.org</email>
		<name>Gentoo Base System</name>
	</maintainer>
	<use>
		<flag name="utils">Install rlfe (ReadLine Front-End) helper tool -- a wrapper program for making any stdin use readline</flag>
	</use>
	<upstream>
		<remote-id type="cpe">cpe:/a:gnu:readline</remote-id>
		<remote-id type="savannah">readline</remote-id>
	</upstream>
</pkgmetadata>

Lint Warnings

[Warning] USE flag 'static-libs' in ebuild 9999 is not documented in metadata.xml
[Warning] USE flag 'unicode' in ebuild 9999 is not documented in metadata.xml
[Warning] USE flag 'static-libs' in ebuild 8.3_p3 is not documented in metadata.xml
[Warning] USE flag 'unicode' in ebuild 8.3_p3 is not documented in metadata.xml
[Warning] USE flag 'static-libs' in ebuild 8.2_p13-r1 is not documented in metadata.xml
[Warning] USE flag 'unicode' in ebuild 8.2_p13-r1 is not documented in metadata.xml
[Warning] USE flag 'static-libs' in ebuild is not documented in metadata.xml
[Warning] USE flag 'unicode' in ebuild is not documented in metadata.xml
[Error] Missing md5-cache for ebuild readline-9999
[Error] Missing md5-cache for ebuild readline-8.3_p3
[Error] Missing md5-cache for ebuild readline-8.2_p13-r1
[Error] Missing md5-cache for ebuild readline-

USE Flags

Manage flags for this package: euse -i <flag> -p sys-libs/readline | euse -E <flag> -p sys-libs/readline | euse -D <flag> -p sys-libs/readline

Flag	Description	9999	8.3_p3	8.2_p13-r1
static-libs	Build static versions of dynamic libraries as well	✓	✓	✓	✓
unicode	Add support for Unicode	⊕	⊕	⊕	⊕
utils	Install rlfe (ReadLine Front-End) helper tool -- a wrapper program for making any stdin use readline	✓	✓	✓	✓

Files

readline-5.0-no_rpath.patch
readline-7.0-headers.patch
readline-8.0-headers.patch
readline-8.2-c23.patch

Manifest

Type	File	Size	Versions

Unmatched Entries

Type	File	Size
DIST	readline-8.1-rlfe-c99.patch.xz	5756 bytes
DIST	readline-8.2.tar.gz	3043952 bytes
DIST	readline-8.2.tar.gz.sig	95 bytes
DIST	readline-8.3.tar.gz	3419642 bytes
DIST	readline-8.3.tar.gz.sig	95 bytes
DIST	readline-8.4_alpha_pre20251007-a0ceb95d8c5d730ac9461e4abaea402e862ac907.tar.gz	3484547 bytes
DIST	readline82-001	1198 bytes
DIST	readline82-001.sig	94 bytes
DIST	readline82-002	1134 bytes
DIST	readline82-002.sig	95 bytes
DIST	readline82-003	1201 bytes
DIST	readline82-003.sig	95 bytes
DIST	readline82-004	1708 bytes
DIST	readline82-004.sig	95 bytes
DIST	readline82-005	1501 bytes
DIST	readline82-005.sig	95 bytes
DIST	readline82-006	3031 bytes
DIST	readline82-006.sig	95 bytes
DIST	readline82-007	1422 bytes
DIST	readline82-007.sig	95 bytes
DIST	readline82-008	1697 bytes
DIST	readline82-008.sig	95 bytes
DIST	readline82-009	2270 bytes
DIST	readline82-009.sig	95 bytes
DIST	readline82-010	2653 bytes
DIST	readline82-010.sig	95 bytes
DIST	readline82-011	1865 bytes
DIST	readline82-011.sig	95 bytes
DIST	readline82-012	2824 bytes
DIST	readline82-012.sig	95 bytes
DIST	readline82-013	5757 bytes
DIST	readline82-013.sig	95 bytes
DIST	readline83-001	1846 bytes
DIST	readline83-001.sig	95 bytes
DIST	readline83-002	1613 bytes
DIST	readline83-002.sig	95 bytes
DIST	readline83-003	2284 bytes
DIST	readline83-003.sig	95 bytes

sys-libs/readline (gentoo)