[comp.unix.xenix] Troubles making ECU 2.08 under Xenix 2.3.1

tbetz@dasys1.uucp (Tom Betz) (05/27/90)

Try as I might, I can't figure out how to get ECU 2.08 working
correctly with termcap on my system.  First, it insists upon
finding a Slibcurses.a library either in /lib/386 or /usr/lib...
there ain't no such thing on >this< Xenix machine, and  I just
checked both the 2.2 and the 2.3 Development System distribution
disks to make sure they weren't there.  I managed to get it up
for some limited messing about with it by adding a link to
/lib/386/Slibtermlib.a file, but this clearly is not the
solution.

What I've seen so far of the program, though, makes me hunger to
get it working correctly!!  This is really a slick bit of work,
and Warren deserves kudos and thanks for making it available.

Any help and advice will be enormously appreciated.

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wht@n4hgf.uucp (Warren Tucker) (05/28/90)

In article <1990May27.052012.7834@dasys1.uucp> tbetz@dasys1.UUCP (Tom Betz) writes:
>Try as I might, I can't figure out how to get ECU 2.08 working
>correctly with termcap on my system.  First, it insists upon
>finding a Slibcurses.a library either in /lib/386 or /usr/lib...

Sorry about that.  Try using -ltcap.  The presence of libcurses.a
depends upon how you installed the system.  That question which was
asked way back at the beginning: do you want termcap, terminfo or
neither curses to be the default is the source of my problem.

libtcap.a,libtermlib.a are BSD curses/termcap
libtinfo.a is Sys V curses/terminfo

curses.a shows up as a link (I think) or some such if you choose a default.
 
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