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1<?xml version="1.0" encoding="ISO-8859-1"?>
2<!DOCTYPE sect1 PUBLIC "-//OASIS//DTD DocBook XML V4.4//EN"
3  "http://www.oasis-open.org/docbook/xml/4.4/docbookx.dtd" [
4  <!ENTITY % general-entities SYSTEM "../../general.ent">
5  <!ENTITY % patches-entities SYSTEM "../../patches.ent">
6  %general-entities;
7  %patches-entities;
8]>
9
10<sect1 id="ch-system-ncurses" role="wrap">
11  <?dbhtml filename="ncurses.html"?>
12
13  <title>Ncurses-&ncurses-version;</title>
14
15  <indexterm zone="ch-system-ncurses">
16    <primary sortas="a-Ncurses">Ncurses</primary>
17  </indexterm>
18
19  <sect2 role="package">
20    <title/>
21
22    <para>The Ncurses package contains libraries for terminal-independent
23    handling of character screens.</para>
24
25    <segmentedlist>
26      <segtitle>&buildtime;</segtitle>
27      <segtitle>&diskspace;</segtitle>
28
29      <seglistitem>
30        <seg>Not checked yet</seg>
31        <seg>Not checked yet</seg>
32      </seglistitem>
33    </segmentedlist>
34
35    <segmentedlist>
36      <segtitle>&dependencies;</segtitle>
37
38      <seglistitem>
39        <seg>Bash, Binutils, Coreutils, Diffutils,
40        Gawk, GCC, Glibc, Grep, Make, and Sed</seg>
41      </seglistitem>
42    </segmentedlist>
43
44  </sect2>
45
46  <sect2 role="installation">
47    <title>Installation of Ncurses</title>
48
49    <para os="a">Prepare Ncurses for compilation:</para>
50
51<screen><userinput>./configure --prefix=/usr --libdir=/lib \
52    --with-shared --without-debug</userinput></screen>
53
54    <para os="b">Compile the package:</para>
55
56<screen os="c"><userinput>make</userinput></screen>
57
58    <para os="d">This package does not come with a test suite.</para>
59
60    <para os="e">Install the package:</para>
61
62<screen os="f"><userinput>make install</userinput></screen>
63
64    <para os="g">Move the Ncurses static libraries to the proper locations:</para>
65
66<screen os="h"><userinput>mv /lib/lib{panel,menu,form,ncurses,ncurses++}.a /usr/lib</userinput></screen>
67
68    <para os="i">Create symlinks in <filename class="directory">/usr/lib:</filename></para>
69
70<screen os="j"><userinput>rm /lib/lib{ncurses,menu,panel,form,curses}.so
71ln -sf ../../lib/libncurses.so.5 /usr/lib/libncurses.so
72ln -sf ../../lib/libmenu.so.5 /usr/lib/libmenu.so
73ln -sf ../../lib/libpanel.so.5 /usr/lib/libpanel.so
74ln -sf ../../lib/libform.so.5 /usr/lib/libform.so</userinput></screen>
75
76    <para os="k">Give the Ncurses libraries execute permissions:</para>
77
78<screen os="l"><userinput>chmod 755 /lib/lib{panel,menu,form,ncurses}.so.&ncurses-version;</userinput></screen>
79
80  </sect2>
81
82  <sect2 id="contents-ncurses" role="content">
83    <title>Contents of Ncurses</title>
84
85    <segmentedlist>
86      <segtitle>Installed programs</segtitle>
87      <segtitle>Installed libraries</segtitle>
88
89      <seglistitem>
90        <seg>captoinfo (link to tic), clear, infocmp, infotocap (link to tic),
91        reset (link to tset), tack, tic, toe, tput, and tset</seg>
92        <seg>libcurses.[a,so] (link to libncurses.[a,so]), libform.[a,so],
93        libmenu.[a,so], libncurses++.a, libncurses.[a,so], and
94        libpanel.[a,so]</seg>
95      </seglistitem>
96    </segmentedlist>
97
98    <variablelist>
99      <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Short Descriptions</bridgehead>
100      <?dbfo list-presentation="list"?>
101      <?dbhtml list-presentation="table"?>
102
103      <varlistentry id="captoinfo">
104        <term><command>captoinfo</command></term>
105        <listitem>
106          <para>Converts a termcap description into a terminfo description</para>
107          <indexterm zone="ch-system-ncurses captoinfo">
108            <primary sortas="b-captoinfo">captoinfo</primary>
109          </indexterm>
110        </listitem>
111      </varlistentry>
112
113      <varlistentry id="clear">
114        <term><command>clear</command></term>
115        <listitem>
116          <para>Clears the screen, if possible</para>
117          <indexterm zone="ch-system-ncurses clear">
118            <primary sortas="b-clear">clear</primary>
119          </indexterm>
120        </listitem>
121      </varlistentry>
122
123      <varlistentry id="infocmp">
124        <term><command>infocmp</command></term>
125        <listitem>
126          <para>Compares or prints out terminfo descriptions</para>
127          <indexterm zone="ch-system-ncurses infocmp">
128            <primary sortas="b-infocmp">infocmp</primary>
129          </indexterm>
130        </listitem>
131      </varlistentry>
132
133      <varlistentry id="infotocap">
134        <term><command>infotocap</command></term>
135        <listitem>
136          <para>Converts a terminfo description into a termcap description</para>
137          <indexterm zone="ch-system-ncurses infotocap">
138            <primary sortas="b-infotocap">infotocap</primary>
139          </indexterm>
140        </listitem>
141      </varlistentry>
142
143      <varlistentry id="reset">
144        <term><command>reset</command></term>
145        <listitem>
146          <para>Reinitializes a terminal to its default values</para>
147          <indexterm zone="ch-system-ncurses reset">
148            <primary sortas="b-reset">reset</primary>
149          </indexterm>
150        </listitem>
151      </varlistentry>
152
153      <varlistentry id="tack">
154        <term><command>tack</command></term>
155        <listitem>
156          <para>The terminfo action checker; it is mainly used to test the
157          accuracy of an entry in the terminfo database</para>
158          <indexterm zone="ch-system-ncurses tack">
159            <primary sortas="b-tack">tack</primary>
160          </indexterm>
161        </listitem>
162      </varlistentry>
163
164      <varlistentry id="tic">
165        <term><command>tic</command></term>
166        <listitem>
167          <para>The terminfo entry-description compiler that translates a
168          terminfo file from source format into the binary format needed for the
169          ncurses library routines. A terminfo file contains information on the
170          capabilities of a certain terminal</para>
171          <indexterm zone="ch-system-ncurses tic">
172            <primary sortas="b-tic">tic</primary>
173          </indexterm>
174        </listitem>
175      </varlistentry>
176
177      <varlistentry id="toe">
178        <term><command>toe</command></term>
179        <listitem>
180          <para>Lists all available terminal types, giving the primary name and
181          description for each</para>
182          <indexterm zone="ch-system-ncurses toe">
183            <primary sortas="b-toe">toe</primary>
184          </indexterm>
185        </listitem>
186      </varlistentry>
187
188      <varlistentry id="tput">
189        <term><command>tput</command></term>
190        <listitem>
191          <para>Makes the values of terminal-dependent capabilities available to
192          the shell; it can also be used to reset or initialize a terminal or
193          report its long name</para>
194          <indexterm zone="ch-system-ncurses tput">
195            <primary sortas="b-tput">tput</primary>
196          </indexterm>
197        </listitem>
198      </varlistentry>
199
200      <varlistentry id="tset">
201        <term><command>tset</command></term>
202        <listitem>
203          <para>Can be used to initialize terminals</para>
204          <indexterm zone="ch-system-ncurses tset">
205            <primary sortas="b-tset">tset</primary>
206          </indexterm>
207        </listitem>
208      </varlistentry>
209
210      <varlistentry id="libcurses">
211        <term><filename class="libraryfile">libcurses</filename></term>
212        <listitem>
213          <para>A link to <filename>libncurses</filename></para>
214          <indexterm zone="ch-system-ncurses libcurses">
215            <primary sortas="c-libcurses">libcurses</primary>
216          </indexterm>
217        </listitem>
218      </varlistentry>
219
220      <varlistentry id="libncurses">
221        <term><filename class="libraryfile">libncurses</filename></term>
222        <listitem>
223          <para>Contains functions to display text in many complex ways on a
224          terminal screen; a good example of the use of these functions is the
225          menu displayed during the kernel's
226          <command>make menuconfig</command></para>
227          <indexterm zone="ch-system-ncurses libncurses">
228            <primary sortas="c-libncurses">libncurses</primary>
229          </indexterm>
230        </listitem>
231      </varlistentry>
232
233      <varlistentry id="libform">
234        <term><filename class="libraryfile">libform</filename></term>
235        <listitem>
236          <para>Contains functions to implement forms</para>
237          <indexterm zone="ch-system-ncurses libform">
238            <primary sortas="c-libform">libform</primary>
239          </indexterm>
240        </listitem>
241      </varlistentry>
242
243      <varlistentry id="libmenu">
244        <term><filename class="libraryfile">libmenu</filename></term>
245        <listitem>
246          <para>Contains functions to implement menus</para>
247          <indexterm zone="ch-system-ncurses libmenu">
248            <primary sortas="c-libmenu">libmenu</primary>
249          </indexterm>
250        </listitem>
251      </varlistentry>
252
253      <varlistentry id="libpanel">
254        <term><filename class="libraryfile">libpanel</filename></term>
255        <listitem>
256          <para>Contains functions to implement panels</para>
257          <indexterm zone="ch-system-ncurses libpanel">
258            <primary sortas="c-libpanel">libpanel</primary>
259          </indexterm>
260        </listitem>
261      </varlistentry>
262
263    </variablelist>
264
265  </sect2>
266
267</sect1>
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