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The ncurses (new curses) library

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Type of Package

Binary package

Use as Dependency

Binary packages can be set as runtime or build time dependencies. See Defining your dependencies for more information.

To add core/ncurses as a depdendency, you can add one of the following to your plan file.

Buildtime Dependency

pkg_build_deps=(core/ncurses)

Runtime Depdendency

pkg_deps=(core/ncurses)

Use as Tool

Installation

To install this plan, you should run the following commands to first install, and then link the binaries this plan creates.

hab pkg install core/ncurses

» Installing core/ncurses

☁ Determining latest version of core/ncurses in the 'stable' channel

☛ Verifying core/ncurses/6.1/20200305230210

✓ Installed core/ncurses/6.1/20200305230210

★ Install of core/ncurses/6.1/20200305230210 complete with 1 new packages installed.

hab pkg binlink core/ncurses

» Binlinking captoinfo from core/ncurses into /bin

★ Binlinked captoinfo from core/ncurses/6.1/20200305230210 to /bin/captoinfo

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Using an example binary

You can now use the binary as normal:

/bin/captoinfo --help or captoinfo --help

Usage: captoinfo [-e names] [-o dir] [-R name] [-v[n]] [-V] [-w[n]] [-1aCDcfGgIKLNrsTtUx] source-file

Options:
  -0         format translation output all capabilities on one line
  -1         format translation output one capability per line
  -a         retain commented-out capabilities (sets -x also)
  -C         translate entries to termcap source form
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