{"action":"created","issue":{"url":"https://api.github.com/repos/ContinuumIO/anaconda-issues/issues/455","labels_url":"https://api.github.com/repos/ContinuumIO/anaconda-issues/issues/455/labels{/name}","comments_url":"https://api.github.com/repos/ContinuumIO/anaconda-issues/issues/455/comments","events_url":"https://api.github.com/repos/ContinuumIO/anaconda-issues/issues/455/events","html_url":"https://github.com/ContinuumIO/anaconda-issues/issues/455","id":108616463,"number":455,"title":"Problem with ipython / readline / ncurses","user":{"login":"MaxNoe","id":5488440,"avatar_url":"https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/5488440?v=3","gravatar_id":"","url":"https://api.github.com/users/MaxNoe","html_url":"https://github.com/MaxNoe","followers_url":"https://api.github.com/users/MaxNoe/followers","following_url":"https://api.github.com/users/MaxNoe/following{/other_user}","gists_url":"https://api.github.com/users/MaxNoe/gists{/gist_id}","starred_url":"https://api.github.com/users/MaxNoe/starred{/owner}{/repo}","subscriptions_url":"https://api.github.com/users/MaxNoe/subscriptions","organizations_url":"https://api.github.com/users/MaxNoe/orgs","repos_url":"https://api.github.com/users/MaxNoe/repos","events_url":"https://api.github.com/users/MaxNoe/events{/privacy}","received_events_url":"https://api.github.com/users/MaxNoe/received_events","type":"User","site_admin":false},"labels":[{"url":"https://api.github.com/repos/ContinuumIO/anaconda-issues/labels/bug","name":"bug","color":"fc2929"},{"url":"https://api.github.com/repos/ContinuumIO/anaconda-issues/labels/Linux","name":"Linux","color":"009800"}],"state":"open","locked":false,"assignee":null,"milestone":null,"comments":48,"created_at":"2015-09-28T09:03:22Z","updated_at":"2015-12-27T17:02:10Z","closed_at":null,"body":"I did a fresh install of anaconda3 this morning, Linux x86_64.\r\n\r\nWhen i first opened ipython, no colour was present and tabcompletion did not work. Along came the error (or warning): \r\n\r\n```\r\nWARNING: Readline services not available or not loaded.\r\nWARNING: The auto-indent feature requires the readline library\r\n```\r\n\r\nWhich was not gone after  i did `conda install readline`.\r\n\r\nI then tried to do `import readline`, which caused the error\r\n```\r\n>>> import readline\r\nTraceback (most recent call last):\r\n  File \"<stdin>\", line 1, in <module>\r\nImportError: libncursesw.so.5: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory\r\n```\r\n\r\nAfter `conda install ncurses` ipython and readline worked again, besides one minor thing:\r\nCtrl + l does not clear the screen anymore, `%clear` works.\r\n\r\n"},"comment":{"url":"https://api.github.com/repos/ContinuumIO/anaconda-issues/issues/comments/167426288","html_url":"https://github.com/ContinuumIO/anaconda-issues/issues/455#issuecomment-167426288","issue_url":"https://api.github.com/repos/ContinuumIO/anaconda-issues/issues/455","id":167426288,"user":{"login":"matrs","id":12502882,"avatar_url":"https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/12502882?v=3","gravatar_id":"","url":"https://api.github.com/users/matrs","html_url":"https://github.com/matrs","followers_url":"https://api.github.com/users/matrs/followers","following_url":"https://api.github.com/users/matrs/following{/other_user}","gists_url":"https://api.github.com/users/matrs/gists{/gist_id}","starred_url":"https://api.github.com/users/matrs/starred{/owner}{/repo}","subscriptions_url":"https://api.github.com/users/matrs/subscriptions","organizations_url":"https://api.github.com/users/matrs/orgs","repos_url":"https://api.github.com/users/matrs/repos","events_url":"https://api.github.com/users/matrs/events{/privacy}","received_events_url":"https://api.github.com/users/matrs/received_events","type":"User","site_admin":false},"created_at":"2015-12-27T17:02:10Z","updated_at":"2015-12-27T17:02:10Z","body":"I just have this problem with ipython today, i'm a new user of conda (`conda-build 1.18.2`). I'm and arch user and I also solved the problem doing a `conda install ncurses`\r\n\r\n"}}