source: chapter06/ncurses-inst.xml@ 212a71b

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<title>Installation of Ncurses</title>

<para>Prepare Ncurses to be compiled:</para>

<para><screen><userinput>./configure --prefix=/usr --with-shared</userinput></screen></para>

<para>Continue with compiling the package:</para>

<para><screen><userinput>make</userinput></screen></para>

<para>Install the package:</para>

<para><screen><userinput>make install</userinput></screen></para>

<para>Give the ncurses libraries executable permission:</para>

<para><screen><userinput>chmod 755 /usr/lib/*.&ncurses-version;</userinput></screen></para>

<para>Move the libraries to the <filename>/lib</filename> directory,
where they're expected to reside:</para>

<para><screen><userinput>mv /usr/lib/libncurses.so.5* /lib</userinput></screen></para>

<para>Since the libraries have been moved to
<filename>/lib</filename>, a few symlinks are currently pointing
towards non-existing files. Recreate those symlinks:</para>

<para><screen><userinput>ln -sf libncurses.a /usr/lib/libcurses.a &amp;&amp;
ln -sf ../../lib/libncurses.so.5 /usr/lib/libncurses.so &amp;&amp;
ln -sf ../../lib/libncurses.so.5 /usr/lib/libcurses.so</userinput></screen></para>
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