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Add configure flag to allow libedit to be preferred over GNU readline:

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--with-libedit-preferred  prefer BSD Libedit over GNU Readline
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Bruce Momjian
2005-12-04 03:52:29 +00:00
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<!-- $PostgreSQL: pgsql/doc/src/sgml/installation.sgml,v 1.249 2005/11/05 00:04:04 tgl Exp $ -->
<!-- $PostgreSQL: pgsql/doc/src/sgml/installation.sgml,v 1.250 2005/12/04 03:52:29 momjian Exp $ -->
<chapter id="installation">
<title><![%standalone-include[<productname>PostgreSQL</>]]>
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<para>
In general, a modern Unix-compatible platform should be able to run
<productname>PostgreSQL</>.
The platforms that had received specific testing at the
The platforms that had received specific testing at the
time of release are listed in <xref linkend="supported-platforms">
below. In the <filename>doc</> subdirectory of the distribution
there are several platform-specific <acronym>FAQ</> documents you
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</indexterm>
The <acronym>GNU</> <productname>Readline</> library (for
comfortable line editing and command history retrieval) will be
used by default. If you don't want to use it then you must
specify the <option>--without-readline</option> option for
<filename>configure</>. (On <productname>NetBSD</productname>,
the <filename>libedit</filename> library is
<productname>Readline</productname>-compatible and is used if
<filename>libreadline</filename> is not found.) If you are using
a package-based Linux distribution, be aware that you need both
the <literal>readline</> and <literal>readline-devel</> packages,
if those are separate in your distribution.
simple line editing and command history retrieval) is
used by default. If you don't want to use it then you must specify
the <option>--without-readline</option> option for
<filename>configure</>. As an alternative, you can often use the
BSD-licensed <filename>libedit</filename> library, originally
developed on <productname>NetBSD</productname>. The
<filename>libedit</filename> library is
GNU <productname>Readline</productname>-compatible and is used if
<filename>libreadline</filename> is not found, or if
<option>--with-libedit-preferred</option> is used as an
option to <filename>configure</>. If you are using a package-based
Linux distribution, be aware that you need both the
<literal>readline</> and <literal>readline-devel</> packages, if
those are separate in your distribution.
</para>
</listitem>
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</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term><option>--with-libedit-preferred</option></term>
<listitem>
<para>
Favors the use of the BSD-licensed <application>libedit</> library
rather than GPL-licensed <application>Readline</>.
</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term><option>--without-readline</option></term>
<listitem>