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-- $Id: INSTALL,v 1.114 2006/12/17 19:58:19 tom Exp $
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How to install Ncurses/Terminfo on your system
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For testing, use functions rather than macros. The program will run
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more slowly, but it is simpler to debug. This makes a header file
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"nomacros.h". See also the --enable-expanded option.
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more slowly, but it is simpler to debug. This defines NCURSES_NOMACROS
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at build time. See also the --enable-expanded option.
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--disable-overwrite
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If you are installing ncurses on a system which contains another
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Compile without scroll-hints code. This option is ignored when
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hashmap scrolling is configured, which is the default.
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--disable-tparm-varargs
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Portable programs should call tparm() using the fixed-length parameter
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list documented in X/Open. ncurses provides varargs support for this
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function. Use --disable-tparm-varargs to disable this support.
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--enable-assertions
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For testing, compile-in assertion code. This is used only for a few
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places where ncurses cannot easily recover by returning an error code.
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cross-references to) the terminfo tree, but it is faster than reading
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If configured for one of the *BSD systems, this automatically uses
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the hashed database system produced using cap_mkdb or similar tools.
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In that case, there is no advantage in using the --enable-getcap-cache
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See also the --with-hashed-db option.
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--enable-getcap-cache
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Cache translated termcaps under the directory $HOME/.terminfo
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extended functions.
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Use rpath option when generating shared libraries, and with some
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restrictions when linking the corresponding programs. This applies
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mainly to systems using the GNU linker (read the manpage).
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Use rpath option when generating shared libraries, and (with some
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restrictions) when linking the corresponding programs. This originally
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(in 1997) applied mainly to systems using the GNU linker (read the
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More recently it is useful for systems that require special treatment
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shared libraries in "unusual" locations. The "system" libraries reside
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in directories which are on the loader's default search-path. While
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you may be able to use workarounds such as the $LD_LIBRARY_PATH
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environment variable, they do not work with setuid applications since
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the LD_LIBRARY_PATH variable would be unset in that situation.
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--enable-safe-sprintf
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Compile with experimental safe-sprintf code. You may consider using
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changes. This option is the default, unless you have disabled the
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extended functions.
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The term.h header declares a Booleans[] array typed "char". But it
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stores signed values there and "char" is not necessarily signed.
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Some packagers choose to alter the type of Booleans[] though this
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is not strictly compatible. This option allows one to implement this
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alteration without patching the source code.
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--enable-symlinks
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If your system supports symbolic links, make tic use symbolic links
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rather than hard links to save diskspace when writing aliases in the
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--enable-warnings
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Turn on GCC compiler warnings. There should be only a few.
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--enable-wgetch-events
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Compile with experimental wgetch-events code. See ncurses/README.IZ
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Compile with wide-character code. This makes a different version of
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the libraries (e.g., libncursesw.so), which stores characters as
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Specify the default terminfo database directory. This is normally
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DATADIR/terminfo, e.g., /usr/share/terminfo.
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Enable experimental/development options. This does not count those
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that change the interface, such as --enable-widec.
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For testing, compile and link with Gray Watson's dmalloc library.
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This also sets the --disable-leaks option.
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--with-fallbacks=XXX
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Specify a list of fallback terminal descriptions which will be
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use Alessandro Rubini's GPM library to provide mouse support on the
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Linux console. Prior to ncurses 5.5, this introduced a dependency
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on the GPM library. Currently ncurses uses the dlsym() function to
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bind to the at runtime, so it is only necessary that the library be
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present when ncurses is built.
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Linux console. Prior to ncurses 5.5, this introduced a dependency on
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Currently ncurses uses the dlsym() function to bind to the library at
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runtime, so it is only necessary that the library be present when
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ncurses is built, to obtain the filename (or soname) used in the
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corresponding dlopen() call. If you give a value for this option,
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--with-gpm=$HOME/tmp/test-gpm.so
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that overrides the configure check for the soname.
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See also --without-dlsym
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Use a hashed database for storing terminfo data rather than storing
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each compiled entry in a separate binary file within a directory
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If you use this option for configuring ncurses, tic will only be able
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to write entries in the hashed database. infocmp can still read
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entries from a directory tree as well as reading entries from the
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hashed database. To do this, infocmp determines whether the $TERMINFO
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variable points to a directory or a file, and reads the directory-tree
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or hashed database respectively.
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You cannot have a directory containing both hashed-database and
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filesystem-based terminfo entries.
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See also the --enable-getcap option.
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--with-install-prefix=XXX
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Allows you to specify an alternate location for installing ncurses
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Generate normal (i.e., static) libraries (default).
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Note: on Linux, the configure script will attempt to use the GPM
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library via the dlsym() function call. Use --without-dlsym to disable
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this feature, or --without-gpm, depending on whether you wish to use
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Generate profile-libraries These are named by adding "_p" to the root,
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e.g., libncurses_p.a
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Configure the trace() function as part of the all models of the ncurses
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library. Normally it is part of the debug (libncurses_g) library only.
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For testing, compile with debug option.
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This also sets the --disable-leaks option.
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Suppress the configure script's check for Ada95, do not build the
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Ada95 binding and related demo.
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Suppress the configure script's check for C++, do not build the
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C++ binding and related demo.
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Disable development options. This does not include those that change
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the interface, such as --enable-widec.
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Do not use dlsym() to load GPM dynamically.
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Tell the configure script to suppress the build of ncurses' application
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programs (e.g., tic). The test applications will still be built if you
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you may encounter when building a system with different versions of
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5.6 (December 17, 2006)
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+ generate linkable stubs for some macros:
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getbegx, getbegy, getcurx, getcury, getmaxx, getmaxy, getparx,
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and (for libncursesw)
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Added internal functions:
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Also (if using the hashed database configuration):
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Removed internal functions:
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Modified internal functions:
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5.5 (October 10, 2005)
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Interface changes:
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