Library not loaded: /usr/local/opt/readline/lib/libreadline.6.dylib (LoadError)

libreadline_6_not_found.sh

ln -s /usr/local/opt/readline/lib/libreadline.7.0.dylib /usr/local/opt/readline/lib/libreadline.6.dylib

dyld: Library not loaded: /usr/local/opt/readline/lib/libreadline.7.dylib
Referenced from: /usr/local/bin/awk

For anyone getting this error stemming from awk on macOS with Homebrew you probably need to update "gawk" (GNU awk).

brew upgrade gawk

dyld: Library not loaded: /usr/local/opt/readline/lib/libreadline.7.dylib
Referenced from: /usr/local/bin/awk

For anyone getting this error stemming from awk on macOS with Homebrew you probably need to update "gawk" (GNU awk).

brew upgrade gawk

Thanks @eriknomitch this works perfect for me on macOS!

ln -s /usr/opt/local/lib/libreadline.8.0.dylib /usr/opt/local/lib/libreadline.7.dylib
worked for me in case of config.status: error: could not create libbitcoinconsensus.pc while building script for bitcoin

Thank you @eriknomitch. I prefer to upgrade than linking to the old one ;)

If the error you're getting is this:

dyld: Library not loaded: /usr/local/opt/readline/lib/libreadline.7.dylib

...you'll need this variant instead:

ln -s /usr/local/opt/readline/lib/libreadline.8.0.dylib /usr/local/opt/readline/lib/libreadline.7.dylib

(Note: Using Mac OS 10.13.5)

Same here, and this was the fix. Oh I actually did 8 instead of 8.0 and that works too.

ln -s /usr/local/opt/readline/lib/libreadline.8.dylib /usr/local/opt/readline/lib/libreadline.7.dylib

And just in case it helps with people finding this thread, I'll mention I hit the error when I was installing shutit (https://github.com/ianmiell/shutit) (I will also note this over on their end)

If the error you're getting is this:

dyld: Library not loaded: /usr/local/opt/readline/lib/libreadline.7.dylib

...you'll need this variant instead:

ln -s /usr/local/opt/readline/lib/libreadline.8.0.dylib /usr/local/opt/readline/lib/libreadline.7.dylib

(Note: Using Mac OS 10.13.5)

Brilliant! Works perfectly macOS 10.14.3.

That's awesome!!!

 ln -s  /usr/local/opt/readline/lib/libreadline.8.0.dylib /usr/local/opt/readline/lib/libreadline.7.dylib

Awesome!

If you have the error with ruby and RVM, reinstalling the affected version of ruby will fix it. ie rvm reinstall 2.6.1

ln -s /usr/local/opt/readline/lib/libreadline.8.0.dylib /usr/local/opt/readline/lib/libreadline.7.dylib

Thank you!!!

ln -s /usr/local/opt/readline/lib/libreadline.8.0.dylib /usr/local/opt/readline/lib/libreadline.7.dylib

thank you!!!

awesome!

great

Awesome!!!

Thank you!

How to find version of readline you have installed:

brew info readline                                                                                  
readline: stable 8.0.0 [keg-only]

Then link your version to the one referenced by psql:

In my case: it was 6. This was the error I got:

dyld: Library not loaded: /usr/local/opt/readline/lib/libreadline.6.dylib
  Referenced from: /usr/local/bin/psql
  Reason: image not found

Then to link the referenced version with the one you have:

Backup old link
mv /usr/local/opt/readline/lib/libreadline.6.dylib /usr/local/opt/readline/lib/libreadline.6.dylib.bkp

Create new link
ln -s /usr/local/opt/readline/lib/libreadline.8.0.dylib /usr/local/opt/readline/lib/libreadline.6.dylib

Optional: Remove backed up link
rm /usr/local/opt/readline/lib/libreadline.6.dylib.bkp

Thank you so much!!!!

Thanks!

Thanks!

brew install readline
sudo cp /usr/local/Cellar/readline/8.0.0/lib/8 /usr/local/opt/readline/lib/

it works for me.

Thank you !!!

thanks!

thank you

I really messed things up somewhere and had to do the following:

brew uninstall --ignore-dependencies readline
brew install readline
ln -s /usr/local/opt/readline/lib/libreadline.8.0.dylib /usr/local/opt/readline/lib/libreadline.7.dylib

You may also need to do:

ln -s /usr/local/opt/readline/lib/libreadline.8.0.dylib /usr/local/opt/readline/lib/libreadline.6.dylib

If you get /usr/local/opt/readline/lib/libreadline.6.dylib: File exists when you run this, you can instead brew install readline and copy the version-specific files over: sudo cp /usr/local/Cellar/readline/7.0.3_1/lib/*.7.* /usr/local/opt/readline/lib/. It's messy, but it fixed it for me.

thanks, just need to brew reinstall readline

Thanks ❤️

Thank you, <3

Had to do the same to link version 8
ln -s /usr/local/opt/readline/lib/libreadline.8.0.dylib /usr/local/opt/readline/lib/libreadline.7.dylib

Many thanks! 👍

Thanks, wondering what causes this

Woked! for version 8

Bless you