diff --git a/configure_environment.sh b/configure_environment.sh
index 9bb75a0..ac57f27 100755
--- a/configure_environment.sh
+++ b/configure_environment.sh
@@ -5,5 +5,8 @@ export PATH=$ACT_HOME/bin::$PATH
 export LD_LIBRARY_PATH=$ACT_HOME/lib:$LD_LIBRARY_PATH
 
 # export LD_LIBRARY_PATH=~/.zlib:$LD_LIBRARY_PATH
+# export C_INCLUDE_PATH=~/.libedit-devel/include:$C_INCLUDE_PATH
+# export CPLUS_INCLUDE_PATH=~/.libedit-devel/include:$CPLUS_INCLUDE_PATH
+# export LD_LIBRARY_PATH=~/.libedit-devel:$LD_LIBRARY_PATH
 
 echo ACT_HOME is set to $ACT_HOME
diff --git a/local_install_libedit-devel.sh b/local_install_libedit-devel.sh
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..e439e6f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/local_install_libedit-devel.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+
+# locally install libedit-devel
+
+here=$(pwd)
+
+libedit_devel_dest=~/.libedit-devel
+
+mkdir -p $libedit_devel_dest
+cd $libedit_devel_dest
+wget https://repo.almalinux.org/almalinux/9/AppStream/x86_64/os/Packages/libedit-devel-3.1-38.20210216cvs.el9.x86_64.rpm
+rpm2cpio libedit-devel-3.1-38.20210216cvs.el9.x86_64.rpm | cpio -idmv
+mv usr/lib64/* .
+rm -rf usr libedit-devel-3.1-38.20210216cvs.el9.x86_64.rpm
+
+export LD_LIBRARY_PATH=$libedit_devel_dest:$LD_LIBRARY_PATH
+export C_INCLUDE_PATH=$libedit_devel_dest/include:$C_INCLUDE_PATH
+export CPLUS_INCLUDE_PATH=$libedit_devel_dest/include:$CPLUS_INCLUDE_PATH
+
+cd $here