Versions of Ncurses Libraries
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There are several Ncurses Libraries which can be used for building
with an terminal based application. The standard Ncurses Libraries
is given with ABI 5.6
/usr/lib/libncurses.so or /usr/lib64/libncurses.so
/usr/lib/libform.so or /usr/lib64/libform.so
/usr/lib/libmenu.so or /usr/lib64/libmenu.so
/usr/lib/libpanel.so or /usr/lib64/libpanel.so
and its header are installed in /usr/include/ e.g. (n)curses.h.
Nothing has to be added in the CFLAGS nor in the LDFLAGS.
Use the outout of
ncurses5-config --cflags for CFLAGS
ncurses5-config --libs for LDFLAGS
For a version with wide character support please use the
libraries with old ABI 5.6
/usr/lib/libncursesw.so or /usr/lib64/libncursesw.so
/usr/lib/libformw.so or /usr/lib64/libformw.so
/usr/lib/libmenuw.so or /usr/lib64/libmenuw.so
/usr/lib/libpanelw.so or /usr/lib64/libpanelw.so
together with the header files found at /usr/include/ncursesw/.
This can be done with `-I/usr/include/ncursesw' within the
CFLAGS and e.g. `-lncursesw' in the LDFLAGS.
Use the outout of
ncursesw5-config --cflags for CFLAGS
ncursesw5-config --libs for LDFLAGS
For a thread safe version (also known as `reentrant' please
use the libraries with ABI 6.0
/usr/lib/ncurses6/libncurses.so or /usr/lib64/ncurses6/libncurses.so
/usr/lib/ncurses6/libform.so or /usr/lib64/ncurses6/libform.so
/usr/lib/ncurses6/libmenu.so or /usr/lib64/ncurses6/libmenu.so
/usr/lib/ncurses6/libpanel.so or /usr/lib64/ncurses6/libpanel.so
together with the header files found at /usr/include/ncursest/.
This can be done with `-I/usr/include/ncursest' within the
CFLAGS and e.g. `-lncursest' in the LDFLAGS.
Use the outout of
ncurses6-config --cflags for CFLAGS
ncurses6-config --libs for LDFLAGS
For a version with both wide character support and thread safe
please use the libraries with ABI 6.0
/usr/lib/ncurses6/libncursesw.so or /usr/lib64/ncurses6/libncursesw.so
/usr/lib/ncurses6/libformw.so or /usr/lib64/ncurses6/libformw.so
/usr/lib/ncurses6/libmenuw.so or /usr/lib64/ncurses6/libmenuw.so
/usr/lib/ncurses6/libpanetw.so or /usr/lib64/ncurses6/libpanelw.so
together with the header files found at /usr/include/ncursestw/.
This can be done with `-I/usr/include/ncursestw' within the
CFLAGS and e.g. `-lncursestw' in the LDFLAGS.
Use the outout of
ncursesw6-config --cflags for CFLAGS
ncursesw6-config --libs for LDFLAGS