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<sect1 id="ch-system-ncurses" role="wrap">
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<title>Ncurses-&ncurses-version;</title>
<indexterm zone="ch-system-ncurses">
<primary sortas="a-Ncurses">Ncurses</primary>
</indexterm>
<sect2 role="package">
<title/>
<para>The Ncurses package contains libraries for terminal-independent
handling of character screens.</para>
</sect2>
&env-target;
<sect2 role="installation">
<title>Installation of Ncurses</title>
<para os="p1">The following patch contains updates from the &ncurses-version; branch
by the Ncurses developers:</para>
<screen os="p2"><userinput>patch -Np1 -i ../&ncurses-branch_update-patch;</userinput></screen>
<para os="p3">This patch fixes an issue with some Bash versions:</para>
<screen os="p4"><userinput>patch -Np1 -i ../&ncurses-bashfix-patch;</userinput></screen>
<para os="a">Prepare Ncurses for compilation:</para>
<screen os="b"><userinput>./configure --build=${CLFS_HOST} --host=${CLFS_TARGET} \
--prefix=/usr --libdir=/lib --with-shared \
--enable-widec --without-debug --without-ada \
--with-manpage-format=normal \
--with-build-cc="gcc -D_GNU_SOURCE"</userinput></screen>
<para os="c">Compile the package:</para>
<screen os="d"><userinput>make</userinput></screen>
<para os="e">Install the package:</para>
<screen os="f"><userinput>make DESTDIR=${CLFS} install</userinput></screen>
<para os="g">Move the Ncurses static libraries to the proper location:</para>
<screen os="h"><userinput>mv -v ${CLFS}/lib/lib{panelw,menuw,formw,ncursesw,ncurses++w}.a \
${CLFS}/usr/lib</userinput></screen>
<para os="i">Create symlinks in <filename class="directory">/usr/lib:</filename></para>
<screen os="j"><userinput>rm -v ${CLFS}/lib/lib{ncursesw,menuw,panelw,formw}.so
ln -sfv ../../lib/libncursesw.so.&ncurses-version2; ${CLFS}/usr/lib/libncursesw.so
ln -sfv ../../lib/libmenuw.so.&ncurses-version2; ${CLFS}/usr/lib/libmenuw.so
ln -sfv ../../lib/libpanelw.so.&ncurses-version2; ${CLFS}/usr/lib/libpanelw.so
ln -sfv ../../lib/libformw.so.&ncurses-version2; ${CLFS}/usr/lib/libformw.so</userinput></screen>
<para os="k">Now we will make our Ncurses compatible for older and non-widec compatible programs
can build properly:</para>
<screen os="l"><userinput>for lib in curses ncurses form panel menu ; do
echo "INPUT(-l${lib}w)" > ${CLFS}/usr/lib/lib${lib}.so
ln -sfv lib${lib}w.a ${CLFS}/usr/lib/lib${lib}.a
done
ln -sfv libncursesw.so ${CLFS}/usr/lib/libcursesw.so
ln -sfv libncursesw.a ${CLFS}/usr/lib/libcursesw.a
ln -sfv libncurses++w.a ${CLFS}/usr/lib/libncurses++.a
ln -sfv ncursesw5-config ${CLFS}/usr/bin/ncurses5-config</userinput></screen>
<para os="m">Now we will create a symlink for /usr/share/terminfo in
<filename class="directory">/usr/lib</filename> for compatibility:</para>
<screen os="n"><userinput>ln -sfv ../share/terminfo ${CLFS}/usr/lib/terminfo</userinput></screen>
</sect2>
<sect2 id="contents-ncurses" role="content">
<title>Contents of Ncurses</title>
<segmentedlist>
<segtitle>Installed programs</segtitle>
<segtitle>Installed libraries</segtitle>
<seglistitem>
<seg>captoinfo (link to tic), clear, infocmp, infotocap (link to tic),
ncursesw5-config, reset (link to tset), tabs, tic, toe, tput, and tset</seg>
<seg>libcursesw.so (link to libncursesw.so), libformw.[a,so],
libmenuw.[a,so], libncurses++w.a, libncursesw.[a,so], and
libpanelw.[a,so]</seg>
</seglistitem>
</segmentedlist>
<variablelist>
<bridgehead renderas="sect3">Short Descriptions</bridgehead>
<?dbfo list-presentation="list"?>
<?dbhtml list-presentation="table"?>
<varlistentry id="captoinfo">
<term><command>captoinfo</command></term>
<listitem>
<para>Converts a termcap description into a terminfo description</para>
<indexterm zone="ch-system-ncurses captoinfo">
<primary sortas="b-captoinfo">captoinfo</primary>
</indexterm>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry id="clear">
<term><command>clear</command></term>
<listitem>
<para>Clears the screen, if possible</para>
<indexterm zone="ch-system-ncurses clear">
<primary sortas="b-clear">clear</primary>
</indexterm>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry id="infocmp">
<term><command>infocmp</command></term>
<listitem>
<para>Compares or prints out terminfo descriptions</para>
<indexterm zone="ch-system-ncurses infocmp">
<primary sortas="b-infocmp">infocmp</primary>
</indexterm>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry id="infotocap">
<term><command>infotocap</command></term>
<listitem>
<para>Converts a terminfo description into a termcap description</para>
<indexterm zone="ch-system-ncurses infotocap">
<primary sortas="b-infotocap">infotocap</primary>
</indexterm>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry id="ncursesw5-config">
<term><command>ncursesw5-config</command></term>
<listitem>
<para>Provides configuration information for ncurses</para>
<indexterm zone="ch-system-ncurses ncursesw5-config">
<primary sortas="b-ncursesw5-config">ncursesw5-config</primary>
</indexterm>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry id="reset">
<term><command>reset</command></term>
<listitem>
<para>Reinitializes a terminal to its default values</para>
<indexterm zone="ch-system-ncurses reset">
<primary sortas="b-reset">reset</primary>
</indexterm>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry id="tabs">
<term><command>tabs</command></term>
<listitem>
<para>Sets and clears tab stops on a terminal</para>
<indexterm zone="ch-system-ncurses tabs">
<primary sortas="b-tabs">tabs</primary>
</indexterm>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry id="tic">
<term><command>tic</command></term>
<listitem>
<para>The terminfo entry-description compiler that translates a
terminfo file from source format into the binary format needed for the
ncurses library routines. A terminfo file contains information on the
capabilities of a certain terminal</para>
<indexterm zone="ch-system-ncurses tic">
<primary sortas="b-tic">tic</primary>
</indexterm>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry id="toe">
<term><command>toe</command></term>
<listitem>
<para>Lists all available terminal types, giving the primary name and
description for each</para>
<indexterm zone="ch-system-ncurses toe">
<primary sortas="b-toe">toe</primary>
</indexterm>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry id="tput">
<term><command>tput</command></term>
<listitem>
<para>Makes the values of terminal-dependent capabilities available to
the shell; it can also be used to reset or initialize a terminal or
report its long name</para>
<indexterm zone="ch-system-ncurses tput">
<primary sortas="b-tput">tput</primary>
</indexterm>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry id="tset">
<term><command>tset</command></term>
<listitem>
<para>Can be used to initialize terminals</para>
<indexterm zone="ch-system-ncurses tset">
<primary sortas="b-tset">tset</primary>
</indexterm>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry id="libcursesw">
<term><filename class="libraryfile">libcursesw</filename></term>
<listitem>
<para>A link to <filename>libncursesw</filename></para>
<indexterm zone="ch-system-ncurses libcursesw">
<primary sortas="c-libcursesw">libcursesw</primary>
</indexterm>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry id="libncursesw">
<term><filename class="libraryfile">libncursesw</filename></term>
<listitem>
<para>Contains functions to display text in many complex ways on a
terminal screen; a good example of the use of these functions is the
menu displayed during the kernel's
<command>make menuconfig</command></para>
<indexterm zone="ch-system-ncurses libncursesw">
<primary sortas="c-libncursesw">libncursesw</primary>
</indexterm>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry id="libformw">
<term><filename class="libraryfile">libformw</filename></term>
<listitem>
<para>Contains functions to implement forms</para>
<indexterm zone="ch-system-ncurses libformw">
<primary sortas="c-libform">libformw</primary>
</indexterm>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry id="libmenuw">
<term><filename class="libraryfile">libmenuw</filename></term>
<listitem>
<para>Contains functions to implement menus</para>
<indexterm zone="ch-system-ncurses libmenuw">
<primary sortas="c-libmenuw">libmenuw</primary>
</indexterm>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry id="libpanelw">
<term><filename class="libraryfile">libpanelw</filename></term>
<listitem>
<para>Contains functions to implement panels</para>
<indexterm zone="ch-system-ncurses libpanelw">
<primary sortas="c-libpanelw">libpanelw</primary>
</indexterm>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
</variablelist>
</sect2>
</sect1>