lfs-book/chapter06/ncurses-exp.xml

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<title>Command explanations</title>

<para><userinput>--with-shared:</userinput> This enables the build of the
shared ncurses library files.</para>

<para><userinput>chmod 755 /usr/lib/*.&ncurses-version;:</userinput> Shared
libraries should be executable. Ncurses's install routine doesn't set the
permissions properly so we do it manually instead.</para>

<para><userinput>ln -sf libncurses.a libcurses.a:</userinput> Some
programs try to link using -lcurses instead of -lncurses. This symlink
ensures that such programs will link without errors.</para>

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