FYI-

There is a known issue where Reply doesn't support the Term::ReadLine::Perl
which is the only readline module that is available by default on all
platforms.  I ran into this on windows since GNU readline is not available
there.

https://github.com/doy/reply/issues/42

--Chris


On Thu, Jan 22, 2015 at 10:57 PM, Zakariyya Mughal <[email protected]>
wrote:

> On 2015-01-22 at 21:30:13 -0500, Demian Riccardi wrote:
> > Hello everyone,
> >
> > I just updated my Perl and had to install a bunch of my favorite
> libraries.
> > Then I installed Doy's reply to play around, and I ran into the problem I
> > always run into, solve, and then forget until the next time I run into
> it.
> > The REPLs need Term::ReadLine::Gnu on OS X and it seems like a pain to
> > install because there is a conflict on OS X, but it is actually pretty
> easy
> > using homebrew (as described by Aristotle over a year ago
> > <
> http://blogs.perl.org/users/aristotle/2013/07/easy-osx-termreadlinegnu.html
> >
> > ):
> >
> > brew install readline
> > brew link --force readline
> > cpanm Term::ReadLine::Gnu
> > brew unlink readline
> >
> > PDL 2.007 installed without problems, and the pdl shell works with my
> > arrows keys and history.
> >
> > I wanted to post it here to spread the approach.  Perhaps there is a
> better
> > approach now.
>
> You could send in a patch!
>
> I think the instructions in the `INSTALL` file could have that
> information.  Right now they tell users to build their own `libreadline`
> in `/usr/local/gnu` <
> https://metacpan.org/source/HAYASHI/Term-ReadLine-Gnu-1.25/INSTALL>.
>
> Also, the error in the `Makefile.PL` could be more useful and point to
> the `INSTALL` file <
> https://metacpan.org/source/HAYASHI/Term-ReadLine-Gnu-1.25/Makefile.PL#L229
> >.
>
> Regards,
> - Zaki Mughal
>
> >
> > Demian
>
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