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--- $Id: INSTALL,v 1.121 2007/11/24 20:22:52 tom Exp $
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How to install Ncurses/Terminfo on your system
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Use a hashed database for storing terminfo data rather than storing
each compiled entry in a separate binary file within a directory
tree.
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+ In particular, this uses the Berkeley database 1.8.5 interface, as
+ provided by that and its successors db 2, 3, and 4. The actual
+ interface is slightly different in the successor versions of the
+ Berkeley database. The database should have been configured using
+ "--enable-compat185".
If you use this option for configuring ncurses, tic will only be able
to write entries in the hashed database. infocmp can still read