Re: [LI] Text editor ...

[pankaj <meetpankaj@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

you can install the package separately
assuming RedHat linux -> go to the directory RedHat/RPMS on your CDROM
find the ncurses rpms
insall them using the command rpm -ivh name.rpm

Aruneesh Salhotra wrote:

> the way for using the ncurses is through installing the ncurses library at the
> time of the configuration.
> when you install linux, it asks for the packages you would like to have on your
> system. that does the portion with the ncurses library.
> and in the case for help on ncurses, select all the help files (man1... man8),
> and there you will have your man pages for ncurses. if you wanna check for the
> presence of ncurses man pages on your system,
> "man -a ncurses_ "
> this should show you all the man pages linked to the ncurses thing.
> hope that helps you.
> i worked on implmenting ftp on linux some 2 years back. back then i used the
> ncurses to give it  a gui interface.
> the linux version i was using was linux (kernel 2.0 which came on a PC QUEST CD
> in sept 97).
>
> Mahamood Hussain wrote:
>
> > Hi,
> >         I intend using the ncurses library. Could you let me know
> > exactly how I can make use of it? "man ncurses" doesn't work on my
> > system (nor does "info ncurses"). Is the lib missing on my system?
> > How do I verify if it is? Also what are the libs to be linked?
> >
> > Thanx for your assistance,
> > Mahamood Hussain.
> >
> > >From: asif@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > >To: mhussain@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > >Subject: Building text editor
> > >Hello Mr. Hussain,
> > >                I read your mail. Could you please tell me wether you are
> > >using C to build up that text editor. If yes, which library are you using?
> > >Is it one of svga_lib or ncurses? Maybe I can help a little knowing the
> > >above information?
> > >                Asif raj
> >
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