Package Details: ncurses5-compat-libs 6.5-1

Git Clone URL: https://aur.archlinux.org/ncurses5-compat-libs.git (read-only, click to copy)
Package Base: ncurses5-compat-libs
Description: System V Release 4.0 curses emulation library, ABI 5
Upstream URL: http://invisible-island.net/ncurses/ncurses.html
Licenses: MIT
Conflicts: libtinfo5
Provides: libtinfo5
Submitter: Barthalion
Maintainer: micwoj92
Last Packager: micwoj92
Votes: 590
Popularity: 2.15
First Submitted: 2015-09-18 21:03 (UTC)
Last Updated: 2024-07-16 20:06 (UTC)

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WoefulDerelict commented on 2016-05-23 19:35 (UTC) (edited on 2018-08-18 20:22 (UTC) by WoefulDerelict)

This PKGBUILD verifies the authenticity of the source via PGP signatures which are not part of the Arch Linux keyring. In order to complete the process it is necessary to import the key(s) from the ‘validpgpkeys’ array into the user’s keyring before calling makepkg. There is a helpful article explaining this process by one of Arch Linux's developers located here: http://allanmcrae.com/2015/01/two-pgp-keyrings-for-package-management-in-arch-linux/

Instructions on importing keys from a keyserver and how to automate the retrieval process can be found in the Arch Linux wiki here: https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/GnuPG#Use_a_keyserver This article also contains helpful information describing the installation of GnuPG, its configuration and usage.

Execute the following to import keys using gpg:

gpg --recv-keys <KEYID - See 'validpgpkeys' array in PKGBUILD>

The PGP signature check can be skipped by passing --skippgpcheck to makepkg.

Consult the makepkg manual page for a full list of options. [https://www.archlinux.org/pacman/makepkg.8.html]

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Barthalion commented on 2018-01-02 11:53 (UTC)

For the lazy, you can also install ncurses5-compat-libs package from my personal repository.

[bpiotrowski]
Server = https://pkgbuild.com/~bpiotrowski/repo

Win8Error commented on 2018-01-01 17:22 (UTC)

Links offline ...

akovacs commented on 2017-12-31 05:17 (UTC) (edited on 2017-12-31 05:28 (UTC) by akovacs)

I'm also getting the "checking whether able to link to dl*() functions... configure: error: Cannot link test program for libdl" error.

As a hacky workaround, you could download the PKGBUILD and append --without-dlsym to the ./configure line (do not use dlsym() to load GPM dynamically, which skips the libdl dependency), but then you might lose mouse support via GPM.

The sample program compiles cleanly on my system which has /usr/lib/libdl-2.26.so if I specify -ldl explicitly:

cat > test.c <<EOF
#include <dlfcn.h>

int main (void) {
  void *obj;
  if ((obj = dlopen("filename", 0)) != 0) {
    if (dlsym(obj, "symbolname") == 0) {
      dlclose(obj);
    }
  }
  return 0;
}
EOF

gcc test.c

/tmp/ccbVksNq.o: In function 'main':
test.c:(.text+0x15): undefined reference to `dlopen'
test.c:(.text+0x33): undefined reference to `dlsym'
test.c:(.text+0x44): undefined reference to `dlclose'
collect2: error: ld returned 1 exit status

gcc test.c -ldl # Works, no output

ldd /usr/lib/libdl-2.26.so

linux-vdso.so.1 (0x00007fff02b87000)
libc.so.6 => /usr/lib/libc.so.6 (0x00007fd6cef60000)
/usr/lib64/ld-linux-x86-64.so.2 (0x00007fd6cf51c000)

Baemir commented on 2017-12-30 23:00 (UTC)

Ignore LKHN's instructions; follow elicacio's instead.

bertptrs commented on 2017-12-27 14:51 (UTC)

Fails to configure, with the error "checking whether able to link to dl*() functions... configure: error: Cannot link test program for libdl".

This is even stranger because if you compile the sample program for that test manually, everything works fine.

LKHN commented on 2017-12-12 19:20 (UTC)

  • Worked perfectly on fisrt try.
1. Open the latest GPG key from here - http://pgp.mit.edu:11371/pks/lookup?search=Thomas+Dickey&op=index
2. Copy form "-----BEGIN PGP PUBLIC KEY BLOCK-----" to "-----END PGP PUBLIC KEY BLOCK-----" in a new text file and rename it thomas_dickey.key
3. gpg --import thomas_dickey.key

theaifam5 commented on 2017-12-07 22:07 (UTC)

please add "ncurses5-compat-libs" or note after the installation :D

abdo commented on 2017-10-28 18:33 (UTC)

This packages does not build. The linker fails with a missing symbol. I do not fully understand what happened, but looking at the PKGBUILD in core I managed to fix it by adding --with-termlib=tinfo --with-ticlib=tic on the ./configure command line, and removing the symlink to libtinfo.so.5 (because it already exists) from package().

zor1984qq commented on 2017-10-23 10:20 (UTC)

Thx it works now.