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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="../chapter08/ncurses.xml"
    xpointer="xpointer(/sect1/sect2[1]/para[1])"/>

    <segmentedlist>
      <segtitle>&buildtime;</segtitle>
      <segtitle>&diskspace;</segtitle>

      <seglistitem>
        <seg>&ncurses-tmp-sbu;</seg>
        <seg>&ncurses-tmp-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
pushd build
  ../configure
  make -C include
  make -C progs tic
popd</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>