Ncurses package does not contain libtinfo
Bug #259139 reported by
sam tygier
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ncurses (Ubuntu) |
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Bug Description
Binary package hint: libncurses5
I am trying to install a third party package (SDDS toolkit) which requires a library called libtinfo. a search on the ubuntu forums finds a few other people who want this library.
it seems that this library comes in the ncurses package on fedora ( https:/
It would be handy if libtinfo could be compiled into the ubuntu package.
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The entrypoints for libinfo are part of ncurses (whether the ncurses library is installed as the
two files is a decision made by the packager, and does not affect the ability of applications
to use those entrypoints). Any build script which looks explicitly for libtinfo
without first trying in the ncurses library should be fixed.