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2 files changed, 30 insertions, 10 deletions
diff --git a/chapter06/ncurses-inst.xml b/chapter06/ncurses-inst.xml
index d6be4e396..d63ef628a 100644
--- a/chapter06/ncurses-inst.xml
+++ b/chapter06/ncurses-inst.xml
@@ -1,14 +1,35 @@
+<sect2><title>&nbsp;</title><para>&nbsp;</para></sect2>
+
<sect2>
<title>Installation of Ncurses</title>
-<para>Install Ncurses by running the following commands:</para>
+<para>Prepare Ncurses to be compiled:</para>
+
+<para><screen><userinput>./configure --prefix=/usr --with-shared</userinput></screen></para>
+
+<para>Continue with compiling the package:</para>
+
+<para><screen><userinput>make</userinput></screen></para>
+
+<para>Install the package:</para>
+
+<para><screen><userinput>make install</userinput></screen></para>
+
+<para>Give the ncurses libraries executable permission:</para>
+
+<para><screen><userinput>chmod 755 /usr/lib/*.&ncurses-version;</userinput></screen></para>
+
+<para>Move the libraries to the <filename>/lib</filename> directory,
+where they're expected to reside:</para>
+
+<para><screen><userinput>mv /usr/lib/libncurses.so.5* /lib</userinput></screen></para>
+
+<para>Since the libaries have been moved to
+<filename>/lib</filename>, a few symlinks are currently pointing
+towards non-existing files. Create the following symlinks to
+account for this:</para>
-<para><screen><userinput>./configure --prefix=/usr --with-shared &amp;&amp;
-make &amp;&amp;
-make install &amp;&amp;
-chmod 755 /usr/lib/*.&ncurses-version; &amp;&amp;
-mv /usr/lib/libncurses.so.5* /lib &amp;&amp;
-ln -sf libncurses.a /usr/lib/libcurses.a &amp;&amp;
+<para><screen><userinput>ln -sf libncurses.a /usr/lib/libcurses.a &amp;&amp;
ln -sf ../../lib/libncurses.so.5 /usr/lib/libncurses.so &amp;&amp;
ln -sf ../../lib/libncurses.so.5 /usr/lib/libcurses.so</userinput></screen></para>
</sect2>
diff --git a/chapter06/ncurses.xml b/chapter06/ncurses.xml
index f2de308b5..aa97c4867 100644
--- a/chapter06/ncurses.xml
+++ b/chapter06/ncurses.xml
@@ -5,10 +5,9 @@
<screen>Estimated build time: &ncurses-time;
Estimated required disk space: &ncurses-compsize;</screen>
-&c6-ncurses-inst;
-&c6-ncurses-exp;
-&aa-ncurses-desc;
+&aa-ncurses-shortdesc;
&aa-ncurses-dep;
+&c6-ncurses-inst;
</sect1>