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+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="ISO-8859-1"?>
+<!DOCTYPE sect1 PUBLIC "-//OASIS//DTD DocBook XML V4.5//EN"
+ "http://www.oasis-open.org/docbook/xml/4.5/docbookx.dtd" [
+ <!ENTITY % general-entities SYSTEM "../general.ent">
+ %general-entities;
+]>
+
+<sect1 id="ch-tools-ncurses" role="wrap">
+ <?dbhtml filename="ncurses.html"?>
+
+ <sect1info condition="script">
+ <productname>ncurses</productname>
+ <productnumber>&ncurses-version;</productnumber>
+ <address>&ncurses-url;</address>
+ </sect1info>
+
+ <title>Ncurses-&ncurses-version;</title>
+
+ <indexterm zone="ch-tools-ncurses">
+ <primary sortas="a-Ncurses">Ncurses</primary>
+ <secondary>tools</secondary>
+ </indexterm>
+
+ <sect2 role="package">
+ <title/>
+
+ <xi:include xmlns:xi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XInclude"
+ href="../chapter06/ncurses.xml"
+ xpointer="xpointer(/sect1/sect2[1]/para[1])"/>
+
+ <segmentedlist>
+ <segtitle>&buildtime;</segtitle>
+ <segtitle>&diskspace;</segtitle>
+
+ <seglistitem>
+ <seg>&ncurses-ch5-sbu;</seg>
+ <seg>&ncurses-ch5-du;</seg>
+ </seglistitem>
+ </segmentedlist>
+
+ </sect2>
+
+ <sect2 role="installation">
+ <title>Installation of Ncurses</title>
+
+ <para>First, ensure that <command>gawk</command> is found first during configuration:</para>
+
+<screen><userinput remap="pre">sed -i s/mawk// configure</userinput></screen>
+
+ <para>Then, run the following commands to build the <quote>tic</quote>
+ program on the build host:</para>
+
+<screen><userinput remap="pre">mkdir build
+cd build
+../configure
+make -C include
+make -C progs tic
+cd ..</userinput></screen>
+
+ <para>Prepare Ncurses for compilation:</para>
+
+<screen><userinput remap="configure">./configure --prefix=/usr \
+ --host=$LFS_TGT \
+ --build=$(./config.guess) \
+ --mandir=/usr/share/man \
+ --with-shared \
+ --without-debug \
+ --without-ada \
+ --without-normal \
+ --enable-widec \
+ --enable-pc-files</userinput></screen>
+
+ <variablelist>
+ <title>The meaning of the new configure options:</title>
+
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term><parameter>--without-ada</parameter></term>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>This ensures that Ncurses does not build support for the Ada
+ compiler which may be present on the host but will not be available
+ once we enter the <command>chroot</command> environment.</para>
+ </listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term><parameter>--enable-widec</parameter></term>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>This switch causes wide-character libraries (e.g., <filename
+ class="libraryfile">libncursesw.so.&ncurses-version;</filename>)
+ to be built instead of normal ones (e.g., <filename
+ class="libraryfile">libncurses.so.&ncurses-version;</filename>).
+ These wide-character libraries are usable in both multibyte and
+ traditional 8-bit locales, while normal libraries work properly
+ only in 8-bit locales. Wide-character and normal libraries are
+ source-compatible, but not binary-compatible.</para>
+ </listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term><parameter>--enable-pc-files</parameter></term>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>This switch generates and installs .pc files for pkg-config.
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term><parameter>--without-normal</parameter></term>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>This switch disables building and installing most static libraries.
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+ <!--
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term><parameter>- -disable-db-install</parameter></term>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>This switch disables building the terminfo database: it is not
+ needed at this stage, and if <command>tic</command> is too old,
+ it cannot compile recent databases.</para>
+ </listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+ -->
+ </variablelist>
+
+ <para>Compile the package:</para>
+
+<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>
+
+ <para>Move the shared libraries to the
+ <filename class="directory">/lib</filename> directory, where they are
+ expected to reside:</para>
+
+<screen><userinput remap="install">mv -v $LFS/usr/lib/libncursesw.so.6* $LFS/lib</userinput></screen>
+
+ <para>Because the libraries have been moved, one symlink points to
+ a non-existent file. Recreate it:</para>
+
+<screen><userinput remap="install">ln -sfv ../../lib/$(readlink $LFS/usr/lib/libncursesw.so) $LFS/usr/lib/libncursesw.so</userinput></screen>
+
+
+ </sect2>
+
+ <sect2 role="content">
+ <title/>
+
+ <para>Details on this package are located in
+ <xref linkend="contents-ncurses" role="."/></para>
+
+ </sect2>
+
+</sect1>