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5.15.1. Installation of Ncurses
First, ensure that gawk is found first during configuration:
sed -i s/mawk// configure
sed -i s/mawk// configure
Prepare Ncurses for compilation:
./configure --prefix=/tools \
--with-shared \
--without-debug \
--without-ada \
--enable-widec \
--enable-overwrite
./configure --prefix=/tools \
--with-shared \
--without-debug \
--without-ada \
--enable-widec \
--enable-overwrite
The meaning of the configure options:
--without-ada
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 chroot environment.
--enable-overwrite
This tells Ncurses to install its header files into /tools/include, instead of /tools/include/ncurses, to ensure that other packages can find the Ncurses headers successfully.
--enable-widec
This switch causes wide-character libraries (e.g., libncursesw.so.6.1) to be built instead of normal ones (e.g., libncurses.so.6.1). 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.
Compile the package:
make
make
This package has a test suite, but it can only be run after the package has been installed. The tests reside in the test/
directory. See the README file in that directory for further details. Install the package:
make install
ln -s libncursesw.so /tools/lib/libncurses.so
make install
ln -s libncursesw.so /tools/lib/libncurses.so