Match ncurses chapter 6 to what is done in chapter 8, and add explanations

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1 files changed, 26 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/chapter06/ncurses.xml b/chapter06/ncurses.xml
index 5c48b3619..36513603c 100644
--- a/chapter06/ncurses.xml
+++ b/chapter06/ncurses.xml
@@ -120,9 +120,33 @@ popd</userinput></screen>
 <screen><userinput remap="make">make</userinput></screen>
 
     <para>Install the package:</para>
-<!-- TODO: check and document -->
+
 <screen><userinput remap="install">make DESTDIR=$LFS TIC_PATH=$(pwd)/build/progs/tic install
-ln -s libncursesw.so $LFS/usr/lib/libncurses.so</userinput></screen>
+echo "INPUT(-lncursesw)" > $LFS/usr/lib/libncurses.so</userinput></screen>
+
+    <variablelist>
+      <title>The meaning of the install options:</title>
+
+      <varlistentry>
+        <term><parameter>TIC_PATH=$(pwd)/build/progs/tic</parameter></term>
+        <listitem>
+          <para>We need to pass the path of the just built
+          <command>tic</command> able to run on the building machine, so that
+          the terminal database can be created without errors.</para>
+        </listitem>
+      </varlistentry>
+
+      <varlistentry>
+        <term><command>echo "INPUT(-lncursesw)" > $LFS/usr/lib/libncurses.so</command></term>
+        <listitem>
+          <para>The <filename>libncurses.so</filename> library is needed by
+          a few packages we will build soon. We create this small linker
+          script, as this is what is done in <xref
+          linkend="chapter-building-system"/>.</para>
+        </listitem>
+      </varlistentry>
+
+    </variablelist>
 
     <para>Move the shared libraries to the
     <filename class="directory">/lib</filename> directory, where they are