Re: best way to install ncurses version 6.5 with version 5 support is not very clear in the 12.2 systemd linux from scratch book
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On Tue, 2024-09-24 at 21:37 -0500, Nick Gawronski wrote: > Hi, I am wanting to install the version 5 support as talked about in the > section 8.30 as I think the version 5 support should rather be included > in the main book as I was reading and following the directions as they > appeared in the book. After I did the main configuration and the > installation only then do I see the directions for the version 5 support > and two commands for enabling it. It is not clear at all after you run > these two commands if I have to go back and redo the other make install > and the other commands after rebuilding with version 5 support. "cp -av lib/lib*.so.5* /usr/lib" would have already installed the ABI version 5 libraries, so why do you need to redo the other commands? > I do want it to be included and this is why I think that if optional > components like this are not included by default they should be for > those of us who perhaps want to install software that uses it. If you do want it just install it following the note. There is no reason to force everyone to install it just because you do want it. > My point is put it in even if it is not used much and if it is just one configure > switch I see no major issue with putting it in. I don't know what you mean by "just one configure switch." If you just add --with-abi-version=5 to configure you'll only get the ABI version 5, and you'll **not** get the ABI version 6 that we want. So you have to configure and build it for another time if you want both ABI version 6 and ABI version 5. > What is the proper way > to install ncurses with version 5 support from after unpacking the file > and doing all of the normal installation steps as this is not clear when > the direction We've provided the proper way. The way in the book is correct. Why do you think it's not? -- Xi Ruoyao <[email protected]> School of Aerospace Science and Technology, Xidian University -- http://lists.linuxfromscratch.org/sympa/info/lfs-support Unsubscribe: See the above information page