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Last change on this file since 2bd7b2c was 2d20c29, checked in by William Harrington <kb0iic@…>, 12 years ago

ncurses final-system add configure option so terminfo files are properly searched since the branch update changes.

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1<?xml version="1.0" encoding="ISO-8859-1"?>
2<!DOCTYPE sect1 PUBLIC "-//OASIS//DTD DocBook XML V4.5//EN"
3 "http://www.oasis-open.org/docbook/xml/4.5/docbookx.dtd" [
4 <!ENTITY % general-entities SYSTEM "../../general.ent">
5 %general-entities;
6]>
7
8<sect1 id="ch-system-ncurses" role="wrap">
9 <?dbhtml filename="ncurses.html"?>
10
11 <title>Ncurses-&ncurses-version;</title>
12
13 <indexterm zone="ch-system-ncurses">
14 <primary sortas="a-Ncurses">Ncurses</primary>
15 </indexterm>
16
17 <sect2 role="package">
18 <title/>
19
20 <para>The Ncurses package contains libraries for terminal-independent
21 handling of character screens.</para>
22
23 </sect2>
24
25 <sect2 role="installation">
26 <title>Installation of Ncurses</title>
27
28 <para os="p1">The following patch contains updates from the &ncurses-version; branch
29 by the Ncurses developers:</para>
30
31<screen os="p2"><userinput>patch -Np1 -i ../&ncurses-branch_update-patch;</userinput></screen>
32
33 <para os="a">Prepare Ncurses for compilation:</para>
34
35<screen os="b"><userinput>./configure --prefix=/usr --libdir=/lib \
36 --with-shared --without-debug --enable-widec \
37 --with-manpage-format=normal \
38 --with-default-terminfo-dir=/usr/share/terminfo</userinput></screen>
39
40 <para os="c">Compile the package:</para>
41
42<screen os="d"><userinput>make</userinput></screen>
43
44 <para os="e">This package does not come with a test suite.</para>
45
46 <para os="f">Install the package:</para>
47
48<screen os="g"><userinput>make install</userinput></screen>
49
50 <para os="h">Move the Ncurses static libraries to the proper location:</para>
51
52<screen os="i"><userinput>mv -v /lib/lib{panelw,menuw,formw,ncursesw,ncurses++w}.a /usr/lib</userinput></screen>
53
54 <para os="j">Create symlinks in <filename class="directory">/usr/lib:</filename></para>
55
56<screen os="k"><userinput>rm -v /lib/lib{ncursesw,menuw,panelw,formw}.so
57ln -svf ../../lib/libncursesw.so.5 /usr/lib/libncursesw.so
58ln -svf ../../lib/libmenuw.so.5 /usr/lib/libmenuw.so
59ln -svf ../../lib/libpanelw.so.5 /usr/lib/libpanelw.so
60ln -svf ../../lib/libformw.so.5 /usr/lib/libformw.so</userinput></screen>
61
62 <para os="l">Now we will make our Ncurses compatible for older and non-widec compatible programs
63 can build properly:</para>
64
65<screen os="m"><userinput>for lib in curses ncurses form panel menu ; do
66 echo "INPUT(-l${lib}w)" > /usr/lib/lib${lib}.so
67 ln -sfv lib${lib}w.a /usr/lib/lib${lib}.a
68done
69ln -sfv libncursesw.so /usr/lib/libcursesw.so
70ln -sfv libncursesw.a /usr/lib/libcursesw.a
71ln -sfv libncurses++w.a /usr/lib/libncurses++.a
72ln -sfv ncursesw5-config /usr/bin/ncurses5-config</userinput></screen>
73
74 <para os="n">Now we will create a symlink for /usr/share/terminfo in
75 <filename class="directory">/usr/lib</filename> for compatibility:</para>
76
77<screen os="o"><userinput>ln -sfv ../share/terminfo /usr/lib/terminfo</userinput></screen>
78
79 </sect2>
80
81 <sect2 id="contents-ncurses" role="content">
82 <title>Contents of Ncurses</title>
83
84 <segmentedlist>
85 <segtitle>Installed programs</segtitle>
86 <segtitle>Installed libraries</segtitle>
87 <segtitle>Installed directories</segtitle>
88
89 <seglistitem>
90 <seg>captoinfo (link to tic), clear, infocmp, infotocap (link to tic),
91 ncursesw5-config, reset (link to tset), tabs, tic, toe, tput, and tset</seg>
92 <seg>libcursesw.so (link to libncursesw.so), libformw.[a,so],
93 libmenuw.[a,so], libncurses++w.a, libncursesw.[a,so], and
94 libpanelw.[a,so]</seg>
95 <seg>/usr/share/tabset, /usr/share/terminfo</seg>
96 </seglistitem>
97 </segmentedlist>
98
99 <variablelist>
100 <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Short Descriptions</bridgehead>
101 <?dbfo list-presentation="list"?>
102 <?dbhtml list-presentation="table"?>
103
104 <varlistentry id="captoinfo">
105 <term><command>captoinfo</command></term>
106 <listitem>
107 <para>Converts a termcap description into a terminfo description</para>
108 <indexterm zone="ch-system-ncurses captoinfo">
109 <primary sortas="b-captoinfo">captoinfo</primary>
110 </indexterm>
111 </listitem>
112 </varlistentry>
113
114 <varlistentry id="clear">
115 <term><command>clear</command></term>
116 <listitem>
117 <para>Clears the screen, if possible</para>
118 <indexterm zone="ch-system-ncurses clear">
119 <primary sortas="b-clear">clear</primary>
120 </indexterm>
121 </listitem>
122 </varlistentry>
123
124 <varlistentry id="infocmp">
125 <term><command>infocmp</command></term>
126 <listitem>
127 <para>Compares or prints out terminfo descriptions</para>
128 <indexterm zone="ch-system-ncurses infocmp">
129 <primary sortas="b-infocmp">infocmp</primary>
130 </indexterm>
131 </listitem>
132 </varlistentry>
133
134 <varlistentry id="infotocap">
135 <term><command>infotocap</command></term>
136 <listitem>
137 <para>Converts a terminfo description into a termcap description</para>
138 <indexterm zone="ch-system-ncurses infotocap">
139 <primary sortas="b-infotocap">infotocap</primary>
140 </indexterm>
141 </listitem>
142 </varlistentry>
143
144 <varlistentry id="ncursesw5-config">
145 <term><command>ncursesw5-config</command></term>
146 <listitem>
147 <para>Provides configuration information for ncurses</para>
148 <indexterm zone="ch-system-ncurses ncursesw5-config">
149 <primary sortas="b-ncursesw5-config">ncursesw5-config</primary>
150 </indexterm>
151 </listitem>
152 </varlistentry>
153
154 <varlistentry id="reset">
155 <term><command>reset</command></term>
156 <listitem>
157 <para>Reinitializes a terminal to its default values</para>
158 <indexterm zone="ch-system-ncurses reset">
159 <primary sortas="b-reset">reset</primary>
160 </indexterm>
161 </listitem>
162 </varlistentry>
163
164 <varlistentry id="tabs">
165 <term><command>tabs</command></term>
166 <listitem>
167 <para>Sets and clears tab stops on a terminal</para>
168 <indexterm zone="ch-system-ncurses tabs">
169 <primary sortas="b-tabs">tabs</primary>
170 </indexterm>
171 </listitem>
172 </varlistentry>
173
174 <varlistentry id="tic">
175 <term><command>tic</command></term>
176 <listitem>
177 <para>The terminfo entry-description compiler that translates a
178 terminfo file from source format into the binary format needed for the
179 ncurses library routines. A terminfo file contains information on the
180 capabilities of a certain terminal</para>
181 <indexterm zone="ch-system-ncurses tic">
182 <primary sortas="b-tic">tic</primary>
183 </indexterm>
184 </listitem>
185 </varlistentry>
186
187 <varlistentry id="toe">
188 <term><command>toe</command></term>
189 <listitem>
190 <para>Lists all available terminal types, giving the primary name and
191 description for each</para>
192 <indexterm zone="ch-system-ncurses toe">
193 <primary sortas="b-toe">toe</primary>
194 </indexterm>
195 </listitem>
196 </varlistentry>
197
198 <varlistentry id="tput">
199 <term><command>tput</command></term>
200 <listitem>
201 <para>Makes the values of terminal-dependent capabilities available to
202 the shell; it can also be used to reset or initialize a terminal or
203 report its long name</para>
204 <indexterm zone="ch-system-ncurses tput">
205 <primary sortas="b-tput">tput</primary>
206 </indexterm>
207 </listitem>
208 </varlistentry>
209
210 <varlistentry id="tset">
211 <term><command>tset</command></term>
212 <listitem>
213 <para>Can be used to initialize terminals</para>
214 <indexterm zone="ch-system-ncurses tset">
215 <primary sortas="b-tset">tset</primary>
216 </indexterm>
217 </listitem>
218 </varlistentry>
219
220 <varlistentry id="libcursesw">
221 <term><filename class="libraryfile">libcursesw</filename></term>
222 <listitem>
223 <para>A link to <filename>libncursesw</filename></para>
224 <indexterm zone="ch-system-ncurses libcursesw">
225 <primary sortas="c-libcursesw">libcursesw</primary>
226 </indexterm>
227 </listitem>
228 </varlistentry>
229
230 <varlistentry id="libncursesw">
231 <term><filename class="libraryfile">libncursesw</filename></term>
232 <listitem>
233 <para>Contains functions to display text in many complex ways on a
234 terminal screen; a good example of the use of these functions is the
235 menu displayed during the kernel's
236 <command>make menuconfig</command></para>
237 <indexterm zone="ch-system-ncurses libncursesw">
238 <primary sortas="c-libncursesw">libncursesw</primary>
239 </indexterm>
240 </listitem>
241 </varlistentry>
242
243 <varlistentry id="libformw">
244 <term><filename class="libraryfile">libformw</filename></term>
245 <listitem>
246 <para>Contains functions to implement forms</para>
247 <indexterm zone="ch-system-ncurses libformw">
248 <primary sortas="c-libform">libformw</primary>
249 </indexterm>
250 </listitem>
251 </varlistentry>
252
253 <varlistentry id="libmenuw">
254 <term><filename class="libraryfile">libmenuw</filename></term>
255 <listitem>
256 <para>Contains functions to implement menus</para>
257 <indexterm zone="ch-system-ncurses libmenuw">
258 <primary sortas="c-libmenuw">libmenuw</primary>
259 </indexterm>
260 </listitem>
261 </varlistentry>
262
263 <varlistentry id="libpanelw">
264 <term><filename class="libraryfile">libpanelw</filename></term>
265 <listitem>
266 <para>Contains functions to implement panels</para>
267 <indexterm zone="ch-system-ncurses libpanelw">
268 <primary sortas="c-libpanelw">libpanelw</primary>
269 </indexterm>
270 </listitem>
271 </varlistentry>
272
273 </variablelist>
274
275 </sect2>
276
277</sect1>
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