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+##
+# Copyright 2025 Ghent University
+#
+# This file is part of EasyBuild,
+# originally created by the HPC team of Ghent University (http://ugent.be/hpc/en),
+# with support of Ghent University (http://ugent.be/hpc),
+# the Flemish Supercomputer Centre (VSC) (https://www.vscentrum.be),
+# Flemish Research Foundation (FWO) (http://www.fwo.be/en)
+# and the Department of Economy, Science and Innovation (EWI) (http://www.ewi-vlaanderen.be/en).
+#
+# https://github.com/easybuilders/easybuild
+#
+# EasyBuild is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+# it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+# the Free Software Foundation v2.
+#
+# EasyBuild is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+# but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+# MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+# GNU General Public License for more details.
+#
+# You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+# along with EasyBuild.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+##
+"""
+EasyBuild support for installing Term::ReadLine::Gnu.
+
+@author: Alexander Grund (TU Dresden)
+"""
+
+from easybuild.easyblocks.generic.perlmodule import PerlModule
+from easybuild.tools.modules import get_software_root
+
+
+class EB_Term_colon__colon_ReadLine_colon__colon_Gnu(PerlModule):
+    """Support for installing the Term::ReadLine::Gnu Perl module."""
+
+    def __init__(self, *args, **kwargs):
+        """Set configopts for dependencies"""
+        super().__init__(*args, **kwargs)
+        # Use the custom --prefix option to pass the installation prefixes of all direct dependencies
+        # to avoid it picking up system libraries.
+        prefix = ':'.join(get_software_root(dep['name']) for dep in self.cfg.dependencies())
+        self.cfg.update('configopts', f"--prefix='{prefix}'")