source: clfs-sysroot/BOOK/final-system/common/ncurses.xml @ d56bc99

Last change on this file since d56bc99 was d56bc99, checked in by Joe Ciccone <jciccone@…>, 17 years ago

Added the ncurses bash patch.

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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="p1">This patch addresses build issues with Bash &bash-version;:
29    </para>
30
31<screen os="p2"><userinput>patch -Np1 -i ../&ncurses-bash-patch;</userinput></screen>
32
33    <para os="a">Prepare Ncurses for compilation:</para>
34
35<screen os="b"><userinput>./configure --build=${CLFS_HOST} --host=${CLFS_TARGET} \
36   --prefix=/usr --libdir=/lib --with-shared \
37   --without-debug --without-ada --with-build-cc=gcc</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">Install the package:</para>
44
45<screen os="f"><userinput>make DESTDIR=${CLFS} install</userinput></screen>
46
47    <para os="g">Move the Ncurses static libraries to the proper location:</para>
48
49<screen os="h"><userinput>mv -v ${CLFS}/lib/lib{panel,menu,form,ncurses,ncurses++,curses}.a ${CLFS}/usr/lib</userinput></screen>
50
51    <para os="i">Create symlinks in <filename class="directory">/usr/lib:</filename></para>
52
53<screen os="j"><userinput>rm -v ${CLFS}/lib/lib{ncurses,menu,panel,form,curses}.so
54ln -svf ../../lib/libncurses.so.5 ${CLFS}/usr/lib/libcurses.so
55ln -svf ../../lib/libncurses.so.5 ${CLFS}/usr/lib/libncurses.so
56ln -svf ../../lib/libmenu.so.5 ${CLFS}/usr/lib/libmenu.so
57ln -svf ../../lib/libpanel.so.5 ${CLFS}/usr/lib/libpanel.so
58ln -svf ../../lib/libform.so.5 ${CLFS}/usr/lib/libform.so</userinput></screen>
59
60    <para os="k">Give the Ncurses libraries execute permissions:</para>
61
62<screen os="l"><userinput>chmod -v 755 ${CLFS}/lib/lib{panel,menu,form,ncurses}.so.&ncurses-version;</userinput></screen>
63
64  </sect2>
65
66  <sect2 id="contents-ncurses" role="content">
67    <title>Contents of Ncurses</title>
68
69    <segmentedlist>
70      <segtitle>Installed programs</segtitle>
71      <segtitle>Installed libraries</segtitle>
72
73      <seglistitem>
74        <seg>captoinfo (link to tic), clear, infocmp, infotocap (link to tic),
75        reset (link to tset), tack, tic, toe, tput, and tset</seg>
76        <seg>libcurses.[a,so] (link to libncurses.[a,so]), libform.[a,so],
77        libmenu.[a,so], libncurses++.a, libncurses.[a,so], and
78        libpanel.[a,so]</seg>
79      </seglistitem>
80    </segmentedlist>
81
82    <variablelist>
83      <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Short Descriptions</bridgehead>
84      <?dbfo list-presentation="list"?>
85      <?dbhtml list-presentation="table"?>
86
87      <varlistentry id="captoinfo">
88        <term><command>captoinfo</command></term>
89        <listitem>
90          <para>Converts a termcap description into a terminfo description</para>
91          <indexterm zone="ch-system-ncurses captoinfo">
92            <primary sortas="b-captoinfo">captoinfo</primary>
93          </indexterm>
94        </listitem>
95      </varlistentry>
96
97      <varlistentry id="clear">
98        <term><command>clear</command></term>
99        <listitem>
100          <para>Clears the screen, if possible</para>
101          <indexterm zone="ch-system-ncurses clear">
102            <primary sortas="b-clear">clear</primary>
103          </indexterm>
104        </listitem>
105      </varlistentry>
106
107      <varlistentry id="infocmp">
108        <term><command>infocmp</command></term>
109        <listitem>
110          <para>Compares or prints out terminfo descriptions</para>
111          <indexterm zone="ch-system-ncurses infocmp">
112            <primary sortas="b-infocmp">infocmp</primary>
113          </indexterm>
114        </listitem>
115      </varlistentry>
116
117      <varlistentry id="infotocap">
118        <term><command>infotocap</command></term>
119        <listitem>
120          <para>Converts a terminfo description into a termcap description</para>
121          <indexterm zone="ch-system-ncurses infotocap">
122            <primary sortas="b-infotocap">infotocap</primary>
123          </indexterm>
124        </listitem>
125      </varlistentry>
126
127      <varlistentry id="reset">
128        <term><command>reset</command></term>
129        <listitem>
130          <para>Reinitializes a terminal to its default values</para>
131          <indexterm zone="ch-system-ncurses reset">
132            <primary sortas="b-reset">reset</primary>
133          </indexterm>
134        </listitem>
135      </varlistentry>
136
137      <varlistentry id="tack">
138        <term><command>tack</command></term>
139        <listitem>
140          <para>The terminfo action checker; it is mainly used to test the
141          accuracy of an entry in the terminfo database</para>
142          <indexterm zone="ch-system-ncurses tack">
143            <primary sortas="b-tack">tack</primary>
144          </indexterm>
145        </listitem>
146      </varlistentry>
147
148      <varlistentry id="tic">
149        <term><command>tic</command></term>
150        <listitem>
151          <para>The terminfo entry-description compiler that translates a
152          terminfo file from source format into the binary format needed for the
153          ncurses library routines. A terminfo file contains information on the
154          capabilities of a certain terminal</para>
155          <indexterm zone="ch-system-ncurses tic">
156            <primary sortas="b-tic">tic</primary>
157          </indexterm>
158        </listitem>
159      </varlistentry>
160
161      <varlistentry id="toe">
162        <term><command>toe</command></term>
163        <listitem>
164          <para>Lists all available terminal types, giving the primary name and
165          description for each</para>
166          <indexterm zone="ch-system-ncurses toe">
167            <primary sortas="b-toe">toe</primary>
168          </indexterm>
169        </listitem>
170      </varlistentry>
171
172      <varlistentry id="tput">
173        <term><command>tput</command></term>
174        <listitem>
175          <para>Makes the values of terminal-dependent capabilities available to
176          the shell; it can also be used to reset or initialize a terminal or
177          report its long name</para>
178          <indexterm zone="ch-system-ncurses tput">
179            <primary sortas="b-tput">tput</primary>
180          </indexterm>
181        </listitem>
182      </varlistentry>
183
184      <varlistentry id="tset">
185        <term><command>tset</command></term>
186        <listitem>
187          <para>Can be used to initialize terminals</para>
188          <indexterm zone="ch-system-ncurses tset">
189            <primary sortas="b-tset">tset</primary>
190          </indexterm>
191        </listitem>
192      </varlistentry>
193
194      <varlistentry id="libcurses">
195        <term><filename class="libraryfile">libcurses</filename></term>
196        <listitem>
197          <para>A link to <filename>libncurses</filename></para>
198          <indexterm zone="ch-system-ncurses libcurses">
199            <primary sortas="c-libcurses">libcurses</primary>
200          </indexterm>
201        </listitem>
202      </varlistentry>
203
204      <varlistentry id="libncurses">
205        <term><filename class="libraryfile">libncurses</filename></term>
206        <listitem>
207          <para>Contains functions to display text in many complex ways on a
208          terminal screen; a good example of the use of these functions is the
209          menu displayed during the kernel's
210          <command>make menuconfig</command></para>
211          <indexterm zone="ch-system-ncurses libncurses">
212            <primary sortas="c-libncurses">libncurses</primary>
213          </indexterm>
214        </listitem>
215      </varlistentry>
216
217      <varlistentry id="libform">
218        <term><filename class="libraryfile">libform</filename></term>
219        <listitem>
220          <para>Contains functions to implement forms</para>
221          <indexterm zone="ch-system-ncurses libform">
222            <primary sortas="c-libform">libform</primary>
223          </indexterm>
224        </listitem>
225      </varlistentry>
226
227      <varlistentry id="libmenu">
228        <term><filename class="libraryfile">libmenu</filename></term>
229        <listitem>
230          <para>Contains functions to implement menus</para>
231          <indexterm zone="ch-system-ncurses libmenu">
232            <primary sortas="c-libmenu">libmenu</primary>
233          </indexterm>
234        </listitem>
235      </varlistentry>
236
237      <varlistentry id="libpanel">
238        <term><filename class="libraryfile">libpanel</filename></term>
239        <listitem>
240          <para>Contains functions to implement panels</para>
241          <indexterm zone="ch-system-ncurses libpanel">
242            <primary sortas="c-libpanel">libpanel</primary>
243          </indexterm>
244        </listitem>
245      </varlistentry>
246
247    </variablelist>
248
249  </sect2>
250
251</sect1>
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