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5 | %general-entities; |
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6 | ]> |
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7 | |
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8 | <sect1 id="ch-system-ncurses" role="wrap"> |
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9 | <?dbhtml filename="ncurses.html"?> |
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10 | |
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11 | <title>Ncurses-&ncurses-version;</title> |
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12 | |
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13 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-ncurses"> |
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14 | <primary sortas="a-Ncurses">Ncurses</primary> |
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15 | </indexterm> |
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16 | |
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17 | <sect2 role="package"> |
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18 | <title/> |
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19 | |
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20 | <para>The Ncurses package contains libraries for terminal-independent |
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21 | handling of character screens.</para> |
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22 | |
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23 | </sect2> |
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24 | |
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25 | <sect2 role="installation"> |
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26 | <title>Installation of Ncurses</title> |
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27 | |
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28 | <para os="p1">The following patch contains updates from the &ncurses-version; branch |
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29 | by the Ncurses developers:</para> |
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30 | |
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31 | <screen os="p2"><userinput>patch -Np1 -i ../&ncurses-branch_update-patch;</userinput></screen> |
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32 | |
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33 | <para os="a">Prepare Ncurses for compilation:</para> |
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34 | |
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35 | <screen os="b"><userinput>./configure --prefix=/usr --libdir=/lib \ |
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36 | --with-shared --without-debug</userinput></screen> |
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37 | |
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38 | <para os="c">Compile the package:</para> |
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39 | |
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40 | <screen os="d"><userinput>make</userinput></screen> |
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41 | |
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42 | <para os="e">This package does not come with a test suite.</para> |
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43 | |
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44 | <para os="f">Install the package:</para> |
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45 | |
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46 | <screen os="g"><userinput>make install</userinput></screen> |
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47 | |
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48 | <para os="h">Move the Ncurses static libraries to the proper location:</para> |
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49 | |
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50 | <screen os="i"><userinput>mv -v /lib/lib{panel,menu,form,ncurses,ncurses++,curses}.a /usr/lib</userinput></screen> |
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51 | |
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52 | <para os="j">Create symlinks in <filename class="directory">/usr/lib:</filename></para> |
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53 | |
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54 | <screen os="k"><userinput>rm -v /lib/lib{ncurses,menu,panel,form,curses}.so |
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55 | ln -svf ../../lib/libncurses.so.5 /usr/lib/libcurses.so |
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56 | ln -svf ../../lib/libncurses.so.5 /usr/lib/libncurses.so |
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57 | ln -svf ../../lib/libmenu.so.5 /usr/lib/libmenu.so |
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58 | ln -svf ../../lib/libpanel.so.5 /usr/lib/libpanel.so |
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59 | ln -svf ../../lib/libform.so.5 /usr/lib/libform.so</userinput></screen> |
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60 | |
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61 | </sect2> |
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62 | |
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63 | <sect2 id="contents-ncurses" role="content"> |
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64 | <title>Contents of Ncurses</title> |
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65 | |
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66 | <segmentedlist> |
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67 | <segtitle>Installed programs</segtitle> |
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68 | <segtitle>Installed libraries</segtitle> |
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69 | |
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70 | <seglistitem> |
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71 | <seg>ncurses5-config</seg> |
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72 | <seg>libcurses.[a,so] (link to libncurses.[a,so]), libform.[a,so], |
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73 | libmenu.[a,so], libncurses++.a, libncurses.[a,so], and |
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74 | libpanel.[a,so]</seg> |
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75 | </seglistitem> |
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76 | </segmentedlist> |
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77 | |
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78 | <variablelist> |
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79 | <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Short Descriptions</bridgehead> |
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80 | <?dbfo list-presentation="list"?> |
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81 | <?dbhtml list-presentation="table"?> |
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82 | |
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83 | <varlistentry id="ncurses5-config"> |
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84 | <term><command>ncurses5-config</command></term> |
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85 | <listitem> |
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86 | <para>Provides configuration information for ncurses</para> |
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87 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-ncurses ncurses5-config"> |
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88 | <primary sortas="b-ncurses5-config">ncurses5-config</primary> |
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89 | </indexterm> |
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90 | </listitem> |
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91 | </varlistentry> |
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92 | |
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93 | <varlistentry id="libcurses"> |
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94 | <term><filename class="libraryfile">libcurses</filename></term> |
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95 | <listitem> |
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96 | <para>A link to <filename>libncurses</filename></para> |
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97 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-ncurses libcurses"> |
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98 | <primary sortas="c-libcurses">libcurses</primary> |
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99 | </indexterm> |
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100 | </listitem> |
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101 | </varlistentry> |
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102 | |
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103 | <varlistentry id="libncurses"> |
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104 | <term><filename class="libraryfile">libncurses</filename></term> |
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105 | <listitem> |
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106 | <para>Contains functions to display text in many complex ways on a |
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107 | terminal screen; a good example of the use of these functions is the |
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108 | menu displayed during the kernel's |
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109 | <command>make menuconfig</command></para> |
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110 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-ncurses libncurses"> |
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111 | <primary sortas="c-libncurses">libncurses</primary> |
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112 | </indexterm> |
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113 | </listitem> |
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114 | </varlistentry> |
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115 | |
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116 | <varlistentry id="libform"> |
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117 | <term><filename class="libraryfile">libform</filename></term> |
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118 | <listitem> |
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119 | <para>Contains functions to implement forms</para> |
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120 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-ncurses libform"> |
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121 | <primary sortas="c-libform">libform</primary> |
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122 | </indexterm> |
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123 | </listitem> |
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124 | </varlistentry> |
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125 | |
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126 | <varlistentry id="libmenu"> |
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127 | <term><filename class="libraryfile">libmenu</filename></term> |
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128 | <listitem> |
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129 | <para>Contains functions to implement menus</para> |
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130 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-ncurses libmenu"> |
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131 | <primary sortas="c-libmenu">libmenu</primary> |
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132 | </indexterm> |
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133 | </listitem> |
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134 | </varlistentry> |
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135 | |
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136 | <varlistentry id="libpanel"> |
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137 | <term><filename class="libraryfile">libpanel</filename></term> |
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138 | <listitem> |
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139 | <para>Contains functions to implement panels</para> |
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140 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-ncurses libpanel"> |
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141 | <primary sortas="c-libpanel">libpanel</primary> |
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142 | </indexterm> |
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143 | </listitem> |
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144 | </varlistentry> |
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145 | |
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146 | </variablelist> |
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147 | |
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148 | </sect2> |
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149 | |
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150 | </sect1> |
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