Update to 4.2: missing terminfo entries - xterm vi ...

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Problem: During an update to S.u.S.E. Linux 4.2 (specially from November'95), the packets ncurses and terminfo cannot get themselves into the enclosure. If this happens, the following terminfo entries are missing after the update:

usr/lib/terminfo/l/linux
usr/lib/terminfo/l/linux-nic
usr/lib/terminfo/v/vt100
usr/lib/terminfo/x/xterm
usr/lib/terminfo/x/xterm-nic

Solution: The packet ncurses must be installed once more. Since YaST requires the shared libraries contained in the packet ncurses for runtime, you should install manually the packet. Perform as root the following:

mount -t iso9660 -r /dev/cdrom /mnt
/sbin/installpkg /mnt/suse/a1/ncurses.tgz

The old directory /usr/lib/terminfo-1.9.4 (from Nov.'95) is now superflous and can be erased if all entries have been correctly installed in /usr/lib/terminfo.


See also:
o install packets manually

Keywords: S.U.S.E.LINUX-4.2, TERMINFO, NCURSES, XTERM, VI

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