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Updated on 2025-04-09

After Ruby upgrade no such file to load -- readline solution

After upgrading ruby ​​and rails, enter script/consle and appear:

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/usr/local/lib/ruby/1.8/irb/:10:in `require': no such file to load -- readline (LoadError) 
        from /usr/local/lib/ruby/1.8/irb/:10 
        from /usr/local/lib/ruby/1.8/irb/:252:in `require' 
        from /usr/local/lib/ruby/1.8/irb/:252:in `load_modules' 
        from /usr/local/lib/ruby/1.8/irb/:250:in `each' 
        from /usr/local/lib/ruby/1.8/irb/:250:in `load_modules' 
        from /usr/local/lib/ruby/1.8/irb/:21:in `setup' 
        from /usr/local/lib/ruby/1.8/:54:in `start' 
        from /usr/local/bin/irb:13 

Solution:

Step 1: Confirm whether libncurses5-dev is installed libreadline5-dev. If it is not installed, use

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sudo apt-get install libncurses5-dev libreadline5-dev for installation

Step 2:
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cd /usr/src/ruby-1.8.7/ext/readline 
ruby  
make 
sudo make install