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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  %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="a">Prepare Ncurses for compilation:</para>
29
30<screen os="b"><userinput>./configure --prefix=/usr --libdir=/lib \
31   --host=${CLFS_TARGET} --with-shared \
32   --without-debug --without-ada --with-build-cc=gcc</userinput></screen>
33
34    <para os="c">Compile the package:</para>
35
36<screen os="d"><userinput>make</userinput></screen>
37
38    <para os="e">Install the package:</para>
39
40<screen os="f"><userinput>make DESTDIR=${CLFS} install</userinput></screen>
41
42    <para os="g">Move the Ncurses static libraries to the proper location:</para>
43
44<screen os="h"><userinput>mv -v ${CLFS}/lib/lib{panel,menu,form,ncurses,ncurses++,curses}.a ${CLFS}/usr/lib</userinput></screen>
45
46    <para os="i">Create symlinks in <filename class="directory">/usr/lib:</filename></para>
47
48<screen os="j"><userinput>rm -v ${CLFS}/lib/lib{ncurses,menu,panel,form,curses}.so
49ln -svf ../../lib/libncurses.so.5 ${CLFS}/usr/lib/libcurses.so
50ln -svf ../../lib/libncurses.so.5 ${CLFS}/usr/lib/libncurses.so
51ln -svf ../../lib/libmenu.so.5 ${CLFS}/usr/lib/libmenu.so
52ln -svf ../../lib/libpanel.so.5 ${CLFS}/usr/lib/libpanel.so
53ln -svf ../../lib/libform.so.5 ${CLFS}/usr/lib/libform.so</userinput></screen>
54
55    <para os="k">Give the Ncurses libraries execute permissions:</para>
56
57<screen os="l"><userinput>chmod -v 755 ${CLFS}/lib/lib{panel,menu,form,ncurses}.so.&ncurses-version;</userinput></screen>
58
59  </sect2>
60
61  <sect2 id="contents-ncurses" role="content">
62    <title>Contents of Ncurses</title>
63
64    <segmentedlist>
65      <segtitle>Installed programs</segtitle>
66      <segtitle>Installed libraries</segtitle>
67
68      <seglistitem>
69        <seg>captoinfo (link to tic), clear, infocmp, infotocap (link to tic),
70        reset (link to tset), tack, tic, toe, tput, and tset</seg>
71        <seg>libcurses.[a,so] (link to libncurses.[a,so]), libform.[a,so],
72        libmenu.[a,so], libncurses++.a, libncurses.[a,so], and
73        libpanel.[a,so]</seg>
74      </seglistitem>
75    </segmentedlist>
76
77    <variablelist>
78      <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Short Descriptions</bridgehead>
79      <?dbfo list-presentation="list"?>
80      <?dbhtml list-presentation="table"?>
81
82      <varlistentry id="captoinfo">
83        <term><command>captoinfo</command></term>
84        <listitem>
85          <para>Converts a termcap description into a terminfo description</para>
86          <indexterm zone="ch-system-ncurses captoinfo">
87            <primary sortas="b-captoinfo">captoinfo</primary>
88          </indexterm>
89        </listitem>
90      </varlistentry>
91
92      <varlistentry id="clear">
93        <term><command>clear</command></term>
94        <listitem>
95          <para>Clears the screen, if possible</para>
96          <indexterm zone="ch-system-ncurses clear">
97            <primary sortas="b-clear">clear</primary>
98          </indexterm>
99        </listitem>
100      </varlistentry>
101
102      <varlistentry id="infocmp">
103        <term><command>infocmp</command></term>
104        <listitem>
105          <para>Compares or prints out terminfo descriptions</para>
106          <indexterm zone="ch-system-ncurses infocmp">
107            <primary sortas="b-infocmp">infocmp</primary>
108          </indexterm>
109        </listitem>
110      </varlistentry>
111
112      <varlistentry id="infotocap">
113        <term><command>infotocap</command></term>
114        <listitem>
115          <para>Converts a terminfo description into a termcap description</para>
116          <indexterm zone="ch-system-ncurses infotocap">
117            <primary sortas="b-infotocap">infotocap</primary>
118          </indexterm>
119        </listitem>
120      </varlistentry>
121
122      <varlistentry id="reset">
123        <term><command>reset</command></term>
124        <listitem>
125          <para>Reinitializes a terminal to its default values</para>
126          <indexterm zone="ch-system-ncurses reset">
127            <primary sortas="b-reset">reset</primary>
128          </indexterm>
129        </listitem>
130      </varlistentry>
131
132      <varlistentry id="tack">
133        <term><command>tack</command></term>
134        <listitem>
135          <para>The terminfo action checker; it is mainly used to test the
136          accuracy of an entry in the terminfo database</para>
137          <indexterm zone="ch-system-ncurses tack">
138            <primary sortas="b-tack">tack</primary>
139          </indexterm>
140        </listitem>
141      </varlistentry>
142
143      <varlistentry id="tic">
144        <term><command>tic</command></term>
145        <listitem>
146          <para>The terminfo entry-description compiler that translates a
147          terminfo file from source format into the binary format needed for the
148          ncurses library routines. A terminfo file contains information on the
149          capabilities of a certain terminal</para>
150          <indexterm zone="ch-system-ncurses tic">
151            <primary sortas="b-tic">tic</primary>
152          </indexterm>
153        </listitem>
154      </varlistentry>
155
156      <varlistentry id="toe">
157        <term><command>toe</command></term>
158        <listitem>
159          <para>Lists all available terminal types, giving the primary name and
160          description for each</para>
161          <indexterm zone="ch-system-ncurses toe">
162            <primary sortas="b-toe">toe</primary>
163          </indexterm>
164        </listitem>
165      </varlistentry>
166
167      <varlistentry id="tput">
168        <term><command>tput</command></term>
169        <listitem>
170          <para>Makes the values of terminal-dependent capabilities available to
171          the shell; it can also be used to reset or initialize a terminal or
172          report its long name</para>
173          <indexterm zone="ch-system-ncurses tput">
174            <primary sortas="b-tput">tput</primary>
175          </indexterm>
176        </listitem>
177      </varlistentry>
178
179      <varlistentry id="tset">
180        <term><command>tset</command></term>
181        <listitem>
182          <para>Can be used to initialize terminals</para>
183          <indexterm zone="ch-system-ncurses tset">
184            <primary sortas="b-tset">tset</primary>
185          </indexterm>
186        </listitem>
187      </varlistentry>
188
189      <varlistentry id="libcurses">
190        <term><filename class="libraryfile">libcurses</filename></term>
191        <listitem>
192          <para>A link to <filename>libncurses</filename></para>
193          <indexterm zone="ch-system-ncurses libcurses">
194            <primary sortas="c-libcurses">libcurses</primary>
195          </indexterm>
196        </listitem>
197      </varlistentry>
198
199      <varlistentry id="libncurses">
200        <term><filename class="libraryfile">libncurses</filename></term>
201        <listitem>
202          <para>Contains functions to display text in many complex ways on a
203          terminal screen; a good example of the use of these functions is the
204          menu displayed during the kernel's
205          <command>make menuconfig</command></para>
206          <indexterm zone="ch-system-ncurses libncurses">
207            <primary sortas="c-libncurses">libncurses</primary>
208          </indexterm>
209        </listitem>
210      </varlistentry>
211
212      <varlistentry id="libform">
213        <term><filename class="libraryfile">libform</filename></term>
214        <listitem>
215          <para>Contains functions to implement forms</para>
216          <indexterm zone="ch-system-ncurses libform">
217            <primary sortas="c-libform">libform</primary>
218          </indexterm>
219        </listitem>
220      </varlistentry>
221
222      <varlistentry id="libmenu">
223        <term><filename class="libraryfile">libmenu</filename></term>
224        <listitem>
225          <para>Contains functions to implement menus</para>
226          <indexterm zone="ch-system-ncurses libmenu">
227            <primary sortas="c-libmenu">libmenu</primary>
228          </indexterm>
229        </listitem>
230      </varlistentry>
231
232      <varlistentry id="libpanel">
233        <term><filename class="libraryfile">libpanel</filename></term>
234        <listitem>
235          <para>Contains functions to implement panels</para>
236          <indexterm zone="ch-system-ncurses libpanel">
237            <primary sortas="c-libpanel">libpanel</primary>
238          </indexterm>
239        </listitem>
240      </varlistentry>
241
242    </variablelist>
243
244  </sect2>
245
246</sect1>
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