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--- $Id: INSTALL,v 1.157 2011/07/24 13:43:43 tom Exp $
+-- $Id: INSTALL,v 1.163 2012/02/11 16:20:42 tom Exp $
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How to install Ncurses/Terminfo on your system
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--disable-tic-depends
When building shared libraries, normally the tic library is linked to
- depend upon the ncurses library (and in turn, on the term-library if
- the --with-termlib option was given). The tic- and term-libraries
- ABI does not depend on the --enable-widec option. Some packagers have
- used this to reduce the number of library files which are packaged
- by using only one copy of those libraries. To make this work properly,
+ depend upon the ncurses library (or equivalently, on the tinfo-library
+ if the --with-termlib option was given). The tic- and tinfo-library
+ ABIs do not depend on the --enable-widec option. Some packagers have
+ used this to reduce the number of library files which are packaged by
+ using only one copy of those libraries. To make this work properly,
the tic library must be built without an explicit dependency on the
- ncurses (or ncursesw) library. Use this configure option to do that.
+ underlying library (ncurses vs ncursesw, tinfo vs tinfow). Use this
+ configure option to do that.
For example
configure --with-ticlib --with-shared --disable-tic-depends
NOTE: a few systems build shared libraries with fixed pathnames; this
option probably will not work for those configurations.
- --with-libtool[=XXX]
+ --with-lib-prefix=XXX
+ OS/2 EMX used a different naming convention from most Unix-like
+ platforms. It required that the "lib" part of a library name was
+ omitted. Newer EMX as part of eComStation does not follow that
+ convention. Use this option to override the configure script's
+ assumptions about the library-prefix. If this option is omitted, it
+ uses the original OS/2 EMX convention for that platform. Use
+ "--with-lib-prefix=lib" for the newer EMX in eComStation. Use
+ "--without-lib-prefix" to suppress it for other odd platforms.
+
+ --with-libtool[=XXX]
Generate libraries with libtool. If this option is selected, then it
overrides all other library model specifications. Note that libtool
must already be installed, uses makefile rules dependent on GNU make,
--with-pkg-config=[DIR]
Check for pkg-config, optionally specifying its path.
+ --with-pkg-config-libdir=[DIR]
+ If pkg-config was found, override the automatic check for its library
+ path.
+
--with-profile
Generate profile-libraries These are named by adding "_p" to the root,
e.g., libncurses_p.a
Configure the trace() function as part of the all models of the ncurses
library. Normally it is part of the debug (libncurses_g) library only.
+ --with-xterm-kbs=XXX
+ Configure xterm's terminfo entries to use either BS (^H, i.e., ASCII
+ backspace) or DEL (^?, or 127). XXX can be BS (or bs, 8) or DEL
+ (or del, 127).
+
+ During installation, the makefile and scripts modifies the "xterm+kbs"
+ terminfo entry to use this setting.
+
--with-valgrind
For testing, compile with debug option.
This also sets the --disable-leaks option.
install as "ncurses.h" and modify the installed headers and manpages
accordingly.
+ Likewise, do not install an alias "curses" for the ncurses manpage.
+
--without-cxx
XSI curses declares "bool" as part of the interface. C++ also declares
"bool". Neither specifies the size and type of booleans, but both