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libreadline.so.5: No such file or directory

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Mar 15, 202610367 views
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Problem

I just tried running a program installed through a .deb package and get this error: Does anyone know which library or package libreadline is a part of? If so, how do I install and make sure it is version 5? Thanks!

Error Output

error while loading shared libraries: libreadline.so.5: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory

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Fix for: libreadline.so.5: No such file or directory

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There is a package libreadline5 in lenny: http://packages.debian.org/lenny/libreadline5

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