: Hello
: I have just recompiled the ncurses library on my linux 2.0.18ELF system.
: When trying the test programs, some tests fail, and in any case i get (when
: used) the message that my terminal doesn't support colors, even if the dir
: command produced a nice coloured output....
: so what's going wrong?
two problems (I ought to post an FAQ):
+ 1.9.9e is BROKEN: it doesn't refresh forms/menus correctly
+ you (probably) used the default configuration parameters, that
enable termcap support and make the prefix set to /usr/local.
So the app can't find /usr/lib/terminfo, converts /etc/termcap
into ~/.terminfo (and that'll be missing some parts, such as
color support).
So:
Try the current beta at
ftp.clark.net:/pub/dickey/ncurses
(the refresh bug is fixed there)
and rebuild/reinstall:
configure --with-prefix=/usr --disable-termcap
and don't forget:
rm -rf ~/.terminfo
--
Thomas E.*ey