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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</userinput></screen>
38
39    <para os="c">Compile the package:</para>
40
41<screen os="d"><userinput>make</userinput></screen>
42
43    <para os="e">This package does not come with a test suite.</para>
44
45    <para os="f">Install the package:</para>
46
47<screen os="g"><userinput>make install</userinput></screen>
48
49    <para os="h">Move the Ncurses static libraries to the proper location:</para>
50
51<screen os="i"><userinput>mv -v /lib/lib{panelw,menuw,formw,ncursesw,ncurses++w}.a /usr/lib</userinput></screen>
52
53    <para os="j">Create symlinks in <filename class="directory">/usr/lib:</filename></para>
54
55<screen os="k"><userinput>rm -v /lib/lib{ncursesw,menuw,panelw,formw}.so
56ln -svf ../../lib/libncursesw.so.5 /usr/lib/libncursesw.so
57ln -svf ../../lib/libmenuw.so.5 /usr/lib/libmenuw.so
58ln -svf ../../lib/libpanelw.so.5 /usr/lib/libpanelw.so
59ln -svf ../../lib/libformw.so.5 /usr/lib/libformw.so</userinput></screen>
60
61    <para os="l">Now we will make our Ncurses compatible for older and non-widec compatible programs
62    can build properly:</para>
63
64<screen os="m"><userinput>for lib in curses ncurses form panel menu ; do
65        echo "INPUT(-l${lib}w)" > /usr/lib/lib${lib}.so
66        ln -sfv lib${lib}w.a /usr/lib/lib${lib}.a
67done
68ln -sfv libncursesw.so /usr/lib/libcursesw.so
69ln -sfv libncursesw.a /usr/lib/libcursesw.a
70ln -sfv libncurses++w.a /usr/lib/libncurses++.a
71ln -sfv ncursesw5-config /usr/bin/ncurses5-config</userinput></screen>
72
73    <para os="n">Now we will create a symlink for /usr/share/terminfo in
74    <filename class="directory">/usr/lib</filename> for compatibility:</para>
75
76<screen os="o"><userinput>ln -sfv ../share/terminfo /usr/lib/terminfo</userinput></screen>
77
78  </sect2>
79
80  <sect2 id="contents-ncurses" role="content">
81    <title>Contents of Ncurses</title>
82
83    <segmentedlist>
84      <segtitle>Installed programs</segtitle>
85      <segtitle>Installed libraries</segtitle>
86      <segtitle>Installed directories</segtitle>
87
88      <seglistitem>
89        <seg>captoinfo (link to tic), clear, infocmp, infotocap (link to tic),
90        ncursesw5-config, reset (link to tset), tabs, tic, toe, tput, and tset</seg>
91        <seg>libcursesw.so (link to libncursesw.so), libformw.[a,so],
92        libmenuw.[a,so], libncurses++w.a, libncursesw.[a,so], and
93        libpanelw.[a,so]</seg>
94        <seg>/usr/share/tabset, /usr/share/terminfo</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="ncursesw5-config">
144        <term><command>ncursesw5-config</command></term>
145        <listitem>
146          <para>Provides configuration information for ncurses</para>
147          <indexterm zone="ch-system-ncurses ncursesw5-config">
148            <primary sortas="b-ncursesw5-config">ncursesw5-config</primary>
149          </indexterm>
150        </listitem>
151      </varlistentry>
152
153      <varlistentry id="reset">
154        <term><command>reset</command></term>
155        <listitem>
156          <para>Reinitializes a terminal to its default values</para>
157          <indexterm zone="ch-system-ncurses reset">
158            <primary sortas="b-reset">reset</primary>
159          </indexterm>
160        </listitem>
161      </varlistentry>
162
163      <varlistentry id="tabs">
164        <term><command>tabs</command></term>
165        <listitem>
166          <para>Sets and clears tab stops on a terminal</para>
167          <indexterm zone="ch-system-ncurses tabs">
168            <primary sortas="b-tabs">tabs</primary>
169          </indexterm>
170        </listitem>
171      </varlistentry>
172
173      <varlistentry id="tic">
174        <term><command>tic</command></term>
175        <listitem>
176          <para>The terminfo entry-description compiler that translates a
177          terminfo file from source format into the binary format needed for the
178          ncurses library routines. A terminfo file contains information on the
179          capabilities of a certain terminal</para>
180          <indexterm zone="ch-system-ncurses tic">
181            <primary sortas="b-tic">tic</primary>
182          </indexterm>
183        </listitem>
184      </varlistentry>
185
186      <varlistentry id="toe">
187        <term><command>toe</command></term>
188        <listitem>
189          <para>Lists all available terminal types, giving the primary name and
190          description for each</para>
191          <indexterm zone="ch-system-ncurses toe">
192            <primary sortas="b-toe">toe</primary>
193          </indexterm>
194        </listitem>
195      </varlistentry>
196
197      <varlistentry id="tput">
198        <term><command>tput</command></term>
199        <listitem>
200          <para>Makes the values of terminal-dependent capabilities available to
201          the shell; it can also be used to reset or initialize a terminal or
202          report its long name</para>
203          <indexterm zone="ch-system-ncurses tput">
204            <primary sortas="b-tput">tput</primary>
205          </indexterm>
206        </listitem>
207      </varlistentry>
208
209      <varlistentry id="tset">
210        <term><command>tset</command></term>
211        <listitem>
212          <para>Can be used to initialize terminals</para>
213          <indexterm zone="ch-system-ncurses tset">
214            <primary sortas="b-tset">tset</primary>
215          </indexterm>
216        </listitem>
217      </varlistentry>
218
219      <varlistentry id="libcursesw">
220        <term><filename class="libraryfile">libcursesw</filename></term>
221        <listitem>
222          <para>A link to <filename>libncursesw</filename></para>
223          <indexterm zone="ch-system-ncurses libcursesw">
224            <primary sortas="c-libcursesw">libcursesw</primary>
225          </indexterm>
226        </listitem>
227      </varlistentry>
228
229      <varlistentry id="libncursesw">
230        <term><filename class="libraryfile">libncursesw</filename></term>
231        <listitem>
232          <para>Contains functions to display text in many complex ways on a
233          terminal screen; a good example of the use of these functions is the
234          menu displayed during the kernel's
235          <command>make menuconfig</command></para>
236          <indexterm zone="ch-system-ncurses libncursesw">
237            <primary sortas="c-libncursesw">libncursesw</primary>
238          </indexterm>
239        </listitem>
240      </varlistentry>
241
242      <varlistentry id="libformw">
243        <term><filename class="libraryfile">libformw</filename></term>
244        <listitem>
245          <para>Contains functions to implement forms</para>
246          <indexterm zone="ch-system-ncurses libformw">
247            <primary sortas="c-libform">libformw</primary>
248          </indexterm>
249        </listitem>
250      </varlistentry>
251
252      <varlistentry id="libmenuw">
253        <term><filename class="libraryfile">libmenuw</filename></term>
254        <listitem>
255          <para>Contains functions to implement menus</para>
256          <indexterm zone="ch-system-ncurses libmenuw">
257            <primary sortas="c-libmenuw">libmenuw</primary>
258          </indexterm>
259        </listitem>
260      </varlistentry>
261
262      <varlistentry id="libpanelw">
263        <term><filename class="libraryfile">libpanelw</filename></term>
264        <listitem>
265          <para>Contains functions to implement panels</para>
266          <indexterm zone="ch-system-ncurses libpanelw">
267            <primary sortas="c-libpanelw">libpanelw</primary>
268          </indexterm>
269        </listitem>
270      </varlistentry>
271
272    </variablelist>
273
274  </sect2>
275
276</sect1>
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