Ncurses (Library)

Ncurses

Install

• from sources (ftp://ftp.invisible-island.net/ncurses/):

# shared/opt install schema v1.5.6

#### as common user ####
# define applications vars
export SOFTWARE_PATH="/home/shared/opt/software"
export NAME="libncurses"
export VERSION="6.2"
export URL="ftp://ftp.invisible-island.net/ncurses/ncurses-${VERSION}.tar.gz"
su - -w SOFTWARE_PATH,NAME,VERSION

#### as root ####
# install packages and prepare destination path
apt-get -q -y install wget coreutils findutils < /dev/null
apt-get -q -y install tar gzip gcc make < /dev/null
mkdir -m 777 "${SOFTWARE_PATH}/tmp_install/" "${SOFTWARE_PATH}/${NAME}_${VERSION}/"
exit

#### as common user ####
umask 0027
cd "${SOFTWARE_PATH}/tmp_install"
wget -c --no-check-certificate "${URL}"
tar -xzf "ncurses-${VERSION}.tar.gz"
cd "ncurses-${VERSION}"
# define compiler flags optimizations (from debian dpkg-buildflags command)
export CFLAGS="-g0 -O2 -fstack-protector-strong -Wformat -Werror=format-security -mtune=native -pipe"
export LDFLAGS="-s -Wl,-z,relro"
# configure, build and install
./configure --prefix="${SOFTWARE_PATH}/${NAME}_${VERSION}" --without-debug
make -s
make install
cd
su - -w SOFTWARE_PATH,NAME,VERSION

#### as root ####
# ensure permissions to destination path
cd "${SOFTWARE_PATH}"
chown -R root:users "${NAME}_${VERSION}"
find "${NAME}_${VERSION}" -type d -exec chmod a-s,u+rwx,g+rx,g-w,o-rwx {} \;
find "${NAME}_${VERSION}" -type f -exec chmod a-s,u+rw,g+r,g-w,o-rwx {} \;
rm -rf tmp_install
ln -s -f -T "${NAME}_${VERSION}" "${NAME}"
exit

#### as common user ####
# test the application (you can put the follow in ~/.profile)
export SOFTWARE_PATH="/home/shared/opt/software"
export LNC_HOME="${SOFTWARE_PATH}/libncurses"
export PATH="${PATH}:${LNC_HOME}/bin"
export LD_LIBRARY_PATH="${LD_LIBRARY_PATH}:${LNC_HOME}/lib"
ncurses6-config --version