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--- $Id: INSTALL,v 1.217 2020/02/15 13:39:30 tom Exp $
+-- $Id: INSTALL,v 1.226 2020/09/06 23:41:16 tom Exp $
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How to install Ncurses/Terminfo on your system
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and `test'. See the README file for a roadmap to the package.
If you are a distribution integrator or packager, please read and act on the
-section titled IF YOU ARE A SYSTEM INTEGRATOR below.
+section titled FOR SYSTEM INTEGRATORS below.
If you are converting from BSD curses and do not have root access, be sure
to read the BSD CONVERSION NOTES section below.
If you are trying to build applications using gpm with ncurses,
read the USING NCURSES WITH GPM section below.
-If you are running over the Andrew File System see the note below on
-USING NCURSES WITH AFS.
-
-If you are cross-compiling, see the note below on BUILDING NCURSES WITH A
-CROSS-COMPILER.
+If you are cross-compiling, see the note below on BUILDING WITH A CROSS-COMPILER.
If you want to build the Ada95 binding, go to the Ada95 directory and
follow the instructions there. The Ada95 binding is not covered below.
YOU MAY NOT BE ABLE TO COMPILE (OR RUN) NCURSES APPLICATIONS WITH C++.
-SUMMARY OF CONFIGURE OPTIONS:
-----------------------------
+CONFIGURE OPTIONS:
+-----------------
The configure script provides a short list of its options when you type
Without some special effort, it will either fail to compile at all,
or the compiler may find a different unctrl.h file.
+ In addition to the curses library, a system may provide its own
+ versions of the add-on libraries (form, menu, panel), which would
+ not be compatible with ncurses. These options allow you to rename
+ ncurses' add-on libraries to avoid conflicts when linking:
+
+ --with-form-libname=XXX
+ --with-menu-libname=XXX
+ --with-panel-libname=XXX
+
+ Rather than renaming them abitrarily, a prefix or suffix is
+ recommended. An "n" prefix provides consistency with ncurses versus
+ curses, i.e.,
+
+ --with-form-libname=nform
+ --with-menu-libname=nmenu
+ --with-panel-libname=npanel
+
+ --disable-pkg-ldflags
+ Omit options in $EXTRA_LDFLAGS from the pkg-config ".pc" and
+ corresponding ncurses*-config script which normally are listed via
+ the "--libs" option. These options are normally used to facilitate
+ linking to ncurses when it was configured to use the rpath feature.
+
+ See also --enable-rpath and --disable-rpath-hack.
+
--disable-relink
If --enable-rpath is given, the generated makefiles normally will
rebuild shared libraries during install. Use this option to simply
For testing, generate functions for certain macros to make them visible
as such to the debugger. See also the --disable-macros option.
+ --enable-exp-win32
+ When configuring for MinGW, use the experimental Windows 10 driver.
+
--enable-ext-colors
Extend the cchar_t structure to allow more than 16 colors to be
encoded. This applies only to the wide-character (--enable-widec)
ncurses. This does not change the ABI (the binary interface seen by
calling applications).
+ --enable-fvisibility
+ Use the gcc "-fvisibility=hidden" option to make symbols which are not
+ explicitly exported, "hidden". Doing this may reduce the number of
+ symbols exported in the C++ binding; it should have less effect on the
+ C libraries when symbol-versioning is used.
+
--enable-getcap
Use the 4.4BSD getcap code if available, or a bundled version of it to
fetch termcap entries. Entries read in this way cannot use (make
Specify a suffix for the ncursesw6-config file, etc., used to work
around conflicts with packages.
+ --with-cxx-libname=NAME
+ Override the basename of the ncurses++ library (default: "ncurses++")
+
--with-cxx-shared
When --with-shared is set, build libncurses++ as a shared library.
This implicitly relies upon building with gcc/g++, since other
See also "--with-tic-path" and "--with-infocmp-path".
+ --with-form-libname=NAME
+ Override the basename of the form library (default: "form")
+
--with-gpm
use Alessandro Rubini's GPM library to provide mouse support on the
Linux console. Prior to ncurses 5.5, this introduced a dependency on
by running them through tbl to generate tables understandable by
nroff.
+ --with-menu-libname=NAME
+ Override the basename of the menu library (default: "menu")
+
--with-mmask-t=TYPE
Override type of mmask_t, which stores the mouse mask. Prior to
ncurses 5.5, this was always unsigned long, but with ncurses 5.5, it
those using termcap, do not use the higher speeds. Your application
(or system, in general) may or may not.
+ --with-panel-libname=NAME
+ Override the basename of the panel library (default: "panel")
+
--with-pc-suffix=SUFFIX
If ".pc" files are installed, optionally add a suffix to the files
and corresponding package names to separate unusual configurations.
X11R5 and X11R6 xterm.
-COMPATIBILITY WITH OLDER VERSIONS OF NCURSES:
---------------------------------------------
+COMPATIBILITY WITH OLDER RELEASES:
+---------------------------------
Because ncurses implements X/Open Curses, its interface is fairly stable.
That does not mean the interface does not change. Changes are made to the
incorrect color scheme.
-IF YOU ARE A SYSTEM INTEGRATOR:
-------------------------------
+FOR SYSTEM INTEGRATORS:
+----------------------
Configuration and Installation:
that will make users' lives easier rather than harder.
-RECENT XTERM VERSIONS:
+MODERN XTERM VERSIONS:
---------------------
The terminfo database file included with this distribution assumes you
In order to support operation of ncurses programs before the terminfo
tree is accessible (that is, in single-user mode or at OS installation
time) the ncurses library can be compiled to include an array of
- pre-fetched fallback entries. This must be done on a machine which
- has ncurses' infocmp and terminfo database installed (as well as
- ncurses' tic and infocmp programs).
+ pre-fetched fallback entries.
+
+ NOTE: This must be done on a machine which has ncurses' infocmp and
+ terminfo database installed (as well as ncurses' tic and infocmp
+ programs). That is because the fallback sources are generated and
+ compiled into the library before the build-tree's copy of infocmp is
+ available.
These entries are checked by setupterm() only when the conventional
fetches from the terminfo tree and the termcap fallback (if configured)
------------------------------- CUT HERE --------------------------------
-USING NCURSES WITH AFS:
- AFS treats each directory as a separate logical filesystem, you
- can't hard-link across them. The --enable-symlinks option copes
- with this by making tic use symbolic links.
-
-USING NCURSES WITH GPM:
+USING GPM:
+---------
Ncurses 4.1 and up can be configured to use GPM (General Purpose Mouse)
which is used with Linux console. Be aware that GPM is commonly
installed as a shared library which contains a wrapper for the curses
https://invisible-island.net/ncurses/ncurses.faq.html#using_gpm_lib
-BUILDING NCURSES WITH A CROSS-COMPILER
+
+BUILDING WITH A CROSS-COMPILER:
+------------------------------
Ncurses can be built with a cross-compiler. Some parts must be built
with the host's compiler since they are used for building programs
(e.g., ncurses/make_hash and ncurses/make_keys) that generate tables
When ncurses has been successfully cross-compiled, you may want to use
"make install" (with a suitable target directory) to construct an
install tree. Note that in this case (as with the --with-fallbacks
- option), ncurses uses the development platform's tic to do the
- "make install.data" portion.
+ option), ncurses uses the development platform's tic to do the "make
+ install.data" portion.
The system's tic program is used to install the terminal database,
- even for cross-compiles. For best results, the tic program should
- be from the most current version of ncurses.
-
-BUGS:
+ even for cross-compiles. For best results, the tic program should be
+ from the most current version of ncurses.
+
+ NOTE: the system's tic program may use a different terminfo database
+ format than the target system. For instance, as described in term(5),
+ the conventional terminfo layout uses a directory hierarchy with one
+ letter names, while some platforms use two-letter names to work with
+ case-insensitive filesystems. The configure script searches for a tic
+ program using the AC_CHECK_TOOL macro, which will prefer programs
+ using the canonical host prefix in their name. You can use this fact
+ to provide a cross-compiler support utility tic, otherwise you can
+ override the configure script's choice using --with-tic-path
+
+
+BUG REPORTS:
+-----------
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