diff --git a/recipes/editline/all/conandata.yml b/recipes/editline/all/conandata.yml
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+++ b/recipes/editline/all/conandata.yml
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+sources:
+  "3.1":
+    url: "http://thrysoee.dk/editline/libedit-20191231-3.1.tar.gz"
+    sha256: "dbb82cb7e116a5f8025d35ef5b4f7d4a3cdd0a3909a146a39112095a2d229071"
diff --git a/recipes/editline/all/conanfile.py b/recipes/editline/all/conanfile.py
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+++ b/recipes/editline/all/conanfile.py
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+from conans import ConanFile, tools, AutoToolsBuildEnvironment
+from conans.errors import ConanInvalidConfiguration
+import glob
+import os
+
+
+class EditlineConan(ConanFile):
+    name = "editline"
+    description = "Autotool- and libtoolized port of the NetBSD Editline library (libedit)."
+    url = "https://github.com/conan-io/conan-center-index"
+    homepage = "http://thrysoee.dk/editline/"
+    topics = ("conan", "editline", "libedit", "line", "editing", "history", "tokenization")
+    license = "BSD-3-Clause"
+    settings = "os", "compiler", "build_type", "arch"
+    options = {
+        "shared": [True, False],
+        "fPIC": [True, False],
+        "terminal_db": ["termcap", "ncurses", "tinfo"],
+    }
+    default_options = {
+        "shared": False,
+        "fPIC": True,
+        "terminal_db": "termcap",
+    }
+
+    _autotools = None
+
+    @property
+    def _source_subfolder(self):
+        return "source_subfolder"
+
+    def requirements(self):
+        if self.options.terminal_db == "termcap":
+            self.requires("termcap/1.3.1")
+        elif self.options.terminal_db == "ncurses":
+            self.requires("ncurses/6.2")
+        elif self.options.terminal_db == "tinfo":
+            # TODO - Add tinfo when available
+            raise ConanInvalidConfiguration("tinfo is not (yet) available on CCI")
+
+    def config_options(self):
+        if self.settings.os == "Windows":
+            del self.options.fPIC
+
+    def configure(self):
+        if self.options.shared:
+            del self.options.fPIC
+        del self.settings.compiler.libcxx
+        del self.settings.compiler.cppstd
+        if self.settings.os == "Windows":
+            raise ConanInvalidConfiguration("Windows is not supported by libedit (missing termios.h)")
+
+    def source(self):
+        tools.get(**self.conan_data["sources"][self.version])
+        archive_name = glob.glob("{}-*-{}".format("libedit", self.version))[0]
+        os.rename(archive_name, self._source_subfolder)
+
+    def _configure_autotools(self):
+        if self._autotools:
+            return self._autotools
+
+        self._autotools = AutoToolsBuildEnvironment(self, win_bash=tools.os_info.is_windows)
+        self._autotools.libs = []
+
+        configure_args = []
+        if self.options.shared:
+            configure_args.extend(["--disable-static", "--enable-shared"])
+        else:
+            configure_args.extend(["--enable-static", "--disable-shared"])
+
+        self._autotools.configure(args=configure_args, configure_dir=self._source_subfolder)
+        return self._autotools
+
+    def _patch_sources(self):
+        for patchdata in self.conan_data.get("patches",{}).get(self.version, []):
+            tools.patch(**patchdata)
+
+    def build(self):
+        self._patch_sources()
+        autotools = self._configure_autotools()
+        autotools.make()
+
+    def package(self):
+        self.copy("COPYING", src=self._source_subfolder, dst="licenses")
+        autotools = self._configure_autotools()
+        autotools.install()
+
+        tools.rmdir(os.path.join(self.package_folder, "lib", "pkgconfig"))
+        tools.rmdir(os.path.join(self.package_folder, "share"))
+        os.unlink(os.path.join(self.package_folder, "lib", "libedit.la"))
+
+    def package_info(self):
+        self.cpp_info.libs = ["edit"]
+        self.cpp_info.includedirs.append(os.path.join("include", "editline"))
diff --git a/recipes/editline/all/test_package/CMakeLists.txt b/recipes/editline/all/test_package/CMakeLists.txt
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+++ b/recipes/editline/all/test_package/CMakeLists.txt
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+cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 2.8.11)
+project(test_package C)
+
+include(${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/conanbuildinfo.cmake)
+conan_basic_setup()
+
+add_executable(${PROJECT_NAME} test_package.c)
+target_link_libraries(${PROJECT_NAME} ${CONAN_LIBS})
diff --git a/recipes/editline/all/test_package/conanfile.py b/recipes/editline/all/test_package/conanfile.py
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+++ b/recipes/editline/all/test_package/conanfile.py
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+from conans import ConanFile, CMake, tools
+import os
+
+
+class TestPackageConan(ConanFile):
+    settings = "os", "compiler", "build_type", "arch"
+    generators = "cmake"
+
+    def build(self):
+        cmake = CMake(self)
+        cmake.configure()
+        cmake.build()
+
+    def test(self):
+        if not tools.cross_building(self.settings):
+            with tools.environment_append({"TERM": "xtermc"}):
+                self.run(os.path.join("bin", "test_package"), run_environment=True)
diff --git a/recipes/editline/all/test_package/test_package.c b/recipes/editline/all/test_package/test_package.c
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+++ b/recipes/editline/all/test_package/test_package.c
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+#include "histedit.h"
+
+#include <stdio.h>
+
+int main(int argc, char *argv[])
+{
+    EditLine *el = el_init(argv[0], stdin, stdout, stderr);
+    el_end(el);
+    return 0;
+}
diff --git a/recipes/editline/config.yml b/recipes/editline/config.yml
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index 0000000000000..992d10eb37c11
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+++ b/recipes/editline/config.yml
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+versions:
+  "3.1":
+    folder: all