Install Libreadline.so.8

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Using XFCE.
Executing pal, I get

`ion@localhost:~/DATA/CRYPT/PAL> ./pal

./pal: error while loading shared libraries: libreadline.so.8: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory
ion@localhost:~/DATA/CRYPT/PAL>`

I can’t find Libreadline.so.8 (64bit) for openSuse15.6. The latest is Libreadline.so.7. Any suggestions?

2

It would help if you could explain:

  • what is “pal”?
  • how did you install it?
  • from where did you install it?
3

Pal is a text based appointment calendar.
Installed using pal-0.4.2-lp150.10.1.x86_64.rpm
Sorry, it was long ago and I can’t remember.

4

pal is not available in Leap 15.6 repos. So still unclear from where you got this package. But given that pal 0.4.2 was released in 2008! it is strange that this package would require a new library version which is only available for Tumbleweed.

As you don’t remember from where you downloaded this package, it doesn’t really matter if you download an actually working package from a home repo.

https://download.opensuse.org/repositories/home:/wolfi323/openSUSE_Leap_15.6/x86_64/pal-0.4.2-lp156.11.1.x86_64.rpm

This package installs and runs fine on Leap 15.6

5

I’m surprised libreadline.so.8 is available for 16.0.

6

Leap 16 is the future successor of Leap 15.6 and therfore will contain some newer package versions.

7

Thank you for the link. All is well now.