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

installation, r

Solution

Use the following command will solve this problem

./configure --with-readline=no --with-x=no

--with-x=no turns off the X Windows System . It is the GUI for the Linux and Unix-like OS. My computer has no X Windows installed, so I turn off. But I highly recommand to install readline library before R installtion with '--with-readline=yes', as the command operation style is quitely unfriendly with '--with-readline=no' . See more libreadline installation in linux for more details

you can use the following command for more install configuration details

./configure --help

Problem

I am installing R. I am getting this error when runing ./configure : ``` checking for history_truncate_file... no configure: error: --with-readline=yes (default) and headers/libs are not available ``` Any hint, Thanks

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