main.c:23:10: fatal error: readline/readline.h: No such file or directory

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I'm getting this error when running make. ./autogen.sh and ./configure appear to run sucessfully but make failes. Using Ubuntu 20.04.3 LTS

Complet output:

phil@phil-desktopubuntu-18-04-1-lts:~/Programs/dropwatch-1.5.3$ ./autogen.sh
+ mkdir -p m4
+ autoreconf -fv --install
autoreconf: Entering directory `.'
autoreconf: configure.ac: not using Gettext
autoreconf: running: aclocal --force -I m4
autoreconf: configure.ac: tracing
autoreconf: running: libtoolize --copy --force
libtoolize: putting auxiliary files in '.'.
libtoolize: copying file './ltmain.sh'
libtoolize: putting macros in AC_CONFIG_MACRO_DIRS, 'm4'.
libtoolize: copying file 'm4/libtool.m4'
libtoolize: copying file 'm4/ltoptions.m4'
libtoolize: copying file 'm4/ltsugar.m4'
libtoolize: copying file 'm4/ltversion.m4'
libtoolize: copying file 'm4/lt~obsolete.m4'
autoreconf: running: /usr/bin/autoconf --force
autoreconf: running: /usr/bin/autoheader --force
autoreconf: running: automake --add-missing --copy --force-missing
configure.ac:7: installing './compile'
configure.ac:6: installing './missing'
src/Makefile.am: installing './depcomp'
autoreconf: Leaving directory `.'
phil@phil-desktopubuntu-18-04-1-lts:~/Programs/dropwatch-1.5.3$ ./configure
checking for a BSD-compatible install... /usr/bin/install -c
checking whether build environment is sane... yes
checking for a thread-safe mkdir -p... /bin/mkdir -p
checking for gawk... gawk
checking whether make sets $(MAKE)... yes
checking whether make supports nested variables... yes
checking build system type... x86_64-pc-linux-gnu
checking host system type... x86_64-pc-linux-gnu
checking how to print strings... printf
checking whether make supports the include directive... yes (GNU style)
checking for gcc... gcc
checking whether the C compiler works... yes
checking for C compiler default output file name... a.out
checking for suffix of executables... 
checking whether we are cross compiling... no
checking for suffix of object files... o
checking whether we are using the GNU C compiler... yes
checking whether gcc accepts -g... yes
checking for gcc option to accept ISO C89... none needed
checking whether gcc understands -c and -o together... yes
checking dependency style of gcc... gcc3
checking for a sed that does not truncate output... /bin/sed
checking for grep that handles long lines and -e... /bin/grep
checking for egrep... /bin/grep -E
checking for fgrep... /bin/grep -F
checking for ld used by gcc... /usr/bin/ld
checking if the linker (/usr/bin/ld) is GNU ld... yes
checking for BSD- or MS-compatible name lister (nm)... /usr/bin/nm -B
checking the name lister (/usr/bin/nm -B) interface... BSD nm
checking whether ln -s works... yes
checking the maximum length of command line arguments... 1572864
checking how to convert x86_64-pc-linux-gnu file names to x86_64-pc-linux-gnu format... func_convert_file_noop
checking how to convert x86_64-pc-linux-gnu file names to toolchain format... func_convert_file_noop
checking for /usr/bin/ld option to reload object files... -r
checking for objdump... objdump
checking how to recognize dependent libraries... pass_all
checking for dlltool... no
checking how to associate runtime and link libraries... printf %s\n
checking for ar... ar
checking for archiver @FILE support... @
checking for strip... strip
checking for ranlib... ranlib
checking command to parse /usr/bin/nm -B output from gcc object... ok
checking for sysroot... no
checking for a working dd... /bin/dd
checking how to truncate binary pipes... /bin/dd bs=4096 count=1
checking for mt... mt
checking if mt is a manifest tool... no
checking how to run the C preprocessor... gcc -E
checking for ANSI C header files... yes
checking for sys/types.h... yes
checking for sys/stat.h... yes
checking for stdlib.h... yes
checking for string.h... yes
checking for memory.h... yes
checking for strings.h... yes
checking for inttypes.h... yes
checking for stdint.h... yes
checking for unistd.h... yes
checking for dlfcn.h... yes
checking for objdir... .libs
checking if gcc supports -fno-rtti -fno-exceptions... no
checking for gcc option to produce PIC... -fPIC -DPIC
checking if gcc PIC flag -fPIC -DPIC works... yes
checking if gcc static flag -static works... yes
checking if gcc supports -c -o file.o... yes
checking if gcc supports -c -o file.o... (cached) yes
checking whether the gcc linker (/usr/bin/ld -m elf_x86_64) supports shared libraries... yes
checking whether -lc should be explicitly linked in... no
checking dynamic linker characteristics... GNU/Linux ld.so
checking how to hardcode library paths into programs... immediate
checking whether stripping libraries is possible... yes
checking if libtool supports shared libraries... yes
checking whether to build shared libraries... yes
checking whether to build static libraries... yes
checking for gcc... (cached) gcc
checking whether we are using the GNU C compiler... (cached) yes
checking whether gcc accepts -g... (cached) yes
checking for gcc option to accept ISO C89... (cached) none needed
checking whether gcc understands -c and -o together... (cached) yes
checking dependency style of gcc... (cached) gcc3
checking for gawk... (cached) gawk
checking for getopt_long... yes
checking for pkg-config... /usr/bin/pkg-config
checking pkg-config is at least version 0.9.0... yes
checking for LIBNL3... yes
checking for READLINE... no
checking for LIBPCAP... yes
checking bfd.h usability... yes
checking bfd.h presence... yes
checking for bfd.h... yes
checking that generated files are newer than configure... done
configure: creating ./config.status
config.status: creating Makefile
config.status: creating src/Makefile
config.status: creating doc/Makefile
config.status: creating tests/Makefile
config.status: creating config.h
config.status: config.h is unchanged
config.status: executing depfiles commands
config.status: executing libtool commands
configure: 
configure: dropwatch Version:     1.5.3
configure: Target:                 
configure: Installation prefix:    /usr/local
configure: Compiler:               gcc
configure: Compiler flags: -g -O2
configure: BFD library support: yes
phil@phil-desktopubuntu-18-04-1-lts:~/Programs/dropwatch-1.5.3$ make
make  all-recursive
make[1]: Entering directory '/home/phil/Programs/dropwatch-1.5.3'
Making all in src
make[2]: Entering directory '/home/phil/Programs/dropwatch-1.5.3/src'
depbase=`echo main.o | sed 's|[^/]*$|.deps/&|;s|\.o$||'`;\
gcc -DHAVE_CONFIG_H -I. -I..  -D_GNU_SOURCE  -g -Wall -Werror -I/usr/include/libnl3  -g -O2 -MT main.o -MD -MP -MF $depbase.Tpo -c -o main.o main.c &&\
mv -f $depbase.Tpo $depbase.Po
main.c:23:10: fatal error: readline/readline.h: No such file or directory
   23 | #include <readline/readline.h>
      |          ^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
compilation terminated.
make[2]: *** [Makefile:429: main.o] Error 1
make[2]: Leaving directory '/home/phil/Programs/dropwatch-1.5.3/src'
make[1]: *** [Makefile:430: all-recursive] Error 1
make[1]: Leaving directory '/home/phil/Programs/dropwatch-1.5.3'
make: *** [Makefile:362: all] Error 2

[nhorman]

https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/readline/+bug/1938591

That problem exists in 20 as well. You are about the 8th person who has asked about this issue, yet every time I say the fix is to ask the ubuntu team to update readline appropriately, everyone just wanders away. Please go and comment in launchpad so that the bug gets some traction, otherwise it will never be fixed.

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https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/readline/+bug/1938591

That problem exists in 20 as well. You are about the 8th person who has asked about this issue, yet every time I say the fix is to ask the ubuntu team to update readline appropriately, everyone just wanders away. Please go and comment in launchpad so that the bug gets some traction, otherwise it will never be fixed.

I commented on that Ubuntu issue and said it effects me.