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Building and Installing Software Packages for Linux: Termcap and Terminfo Issues
5. Termcap and Terminfo IssuesAccording to its man page, "terminfo is a data base describing
terminals, used by screen-oriented programs...". It defines a
generic set of control sequences (escape codes) used to display text on
terminals, and makes possible support for different terminal hardware
without the need for special drivers. The terminfo database has largely
supplanted the older termcap one. This is usually of no concern for
program installation except when dealing with a package that requires
termcap.Most Linux distributions now use terminfo, but still retain the older
termcap libraries for compatibility with legacy applications. Sometimes
there is a special compatibility package that needs to be installed
to facilitate use of termcap linked binaries. Very occasionally, an
#define termcap statement might need to be commented out of a
source file. Check the appropriate docs for your particular distribution
for information on this.
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