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HOW TO INSTALL ncurses on MacOSX
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install ncurses on macosx
$ curl -O ftp://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/ncurses/ncurses-5.9.tar.gz
$ tar -xzvf ncurses-5.9.tar.gz
$ cd ./ncurses-5.9
$ ./configure --prefix=/usr/local \
--without-cxx --without-cxx-binding --without-ada --without-progs --without-curses-h \
--with-shared --without-debug \
--enable-widec --enable-const --enable-ext-colors --enable-sigwinch --enable-wgetch-events \
&& make
$ sudo make install
@jiyoony
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jiyoony commented May 13, 2021

hi guys
I have a problem like this...
I tried "sudo make install"
"? tic could not build /usr/local/share/terminfo
make[1]: *** [install.data] Error 1
make: *** [install] Error 2"
how can i solve it?....

i solved it like this
$./configure
$make
& sudo make install

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It's probably already installed as osx uses it. Just tell gcc to link to it: gcc -lncurses ...

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