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