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<sect2>
<title>Command explanations</title>
-<para><userinput>patch -Np1 -i
-../ncurses-&ncurses-version;-patch:</userinput> This patch fixes a compile
-problem with GCC-3.2 because Ncurses uses constructions that are no longer
-valid in the new C++ standard.</para>
+<para><userinput>patch -Np1 -i ../ncurses-&ncurses-version;-patch:</userinput>
+This patch fixes a compile problem with GCC-3.2 because Ncurses uses
+constructions that are no longer valid in the new C++ standard.</para>
<para><userinput>--with-shared:</userinput> This enables the build of the
shared ncurses library files.</para>
@@ -22,11 +21,5 @@ properly so we do it manually instead.</para>
programs try to link using -lcurses instead of -lncurses. This symlink
ensures that such programs will link without errors.</para>
-<para><userinput>ln -sf ../../lib/libncurses.so etc:</userinput> These
-symlinks are created to tidy up the installation. It's good practice to
-have the *.so files in /usr/lib as well as in /lib, to ensure that the
-linker is always able to find the files whether it's looking in /lib or
-/usr/lib.</para>
-
</sect2>