Readline error when trying to start rails console
rvm install 1.9.3
# Install of ruby-1.9.3-p0 - #complete
cd ~/.rvm/src/ruby-1.9.3-p0/ext/readline/
~/.rvm/src/ruby-1.9.3-p0/ext/readline $ ../../ruby extconf.rb --with-editline-dir="/usr" --with-readline-dir="/usr"
# any other way of doing this resulted in simply readline not being loaded when trying to start the console
# I have libreadline6 and libreadline6-dev installed (and all the packages requested in `rvm requirements`
make install
# compiling readline.c
# linking shared-object readline.so
# /usr/bin/install -c -m 0755 readline.so /home/mbillard/.rvm/rubies/ruby-1.9.3-p0/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.9.1/x86_64-linux
# installing default readline libraries

/home/mbillard/.rvm/rubies/ruby-1.9.3-p0/lib/ruby/1.9.1/irb/completion.rb:9:in `require': /home/mbillard/.rvm/usr/lib/libreadline.so.6: undefined symbol: UP - /home/mbillard/.rvm/rubies/ruby-1.9.3-p0/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.9.1/x86_64-linux/readline.so (LoadError)
  from /home/mbillard/.rvm/rubies/ruby-1.9.3-p0/lib/ruby/1.9.1/irb/completion.rb:9:in `<top (required)>'
  from /home/mbillard/.rvm/gems/ruby-1.9.3-p0@taskman/gems/railties-3.2.1/lib/rails/commands/console.rb:3:in `require'
  from /home/mbillard/.rvm/gems/ruby-1.9.3-p0@taskman/gems/railties-3.2.1/lib/rails/commands/console.rb:3:in `<top (required)>'
  from /home/mbillard/.rvm/gems/ruby-1.9.3-p0@taskman/gems/railties-3.2.1/lib/rails/commands.rb:38:in `require'
  from /home/mbillard/.rvm/gems/ruby-1.9.3-p0@taskman/gems/railties-3.2.1/lib/rails/commands.rb:38:in `<top (required)>'
  from script/rails:6:in `require'
  from script/rails:6:in `<main>'

checking for tgetnum() in -lncurses... yes
checking for readline/readline.h... yes
checking for readline/history.h... yes
checking for readline() in -lreadline... no
checking for readline() in -ledit... no
checking for editline/readline.h... no

rvm requirements

rm -rf $rvm_path/usr
rvm reinstall 1.9.3

apt-get install libreadline-dev

rvm reinstall 1.9.3