Correctly link with -lreadline as it need -ltermcap. --- configure.orig Wed Jun 1 14:35:16 2016 +++ configure Fri Jun 17 20:36:59 2016 @@ -12209,7 +12209,7 @@ for ac_lib in '' readline; do ac_res="none required" else ac_res=-l$ac_lib - LIBS="-l$ac_lib $ac_func_search_save_LIBS" + LIBS="-l$ac_lib -ltermcap $ac_func_search_save_LIBS" fi if ac_fn_c_try_link "$LINENO"; then : ac_cv_search_readline=$ac_res @@ -12232,7 +12232,7 @@ fi $as_echo "$ac_cv_search_readline" >&6; } ac_res=$ac_cv_search_readline if test "$ac_res" != no; then : - test "$ac_res" = "none required" || LIBS="$ac_res $LIBS" + test "$ac_res" = "none required" || LIBS="$ac_res $LIBS -ltermcap" fi