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timm

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From: Wisconsin

Registered: 2004-02-25

Posts: 417

Cannot get terminal termcap entry [solved]

I'm building a package in abs.  I got it to build without errors, and it installs.  When I go to use the console program that is part of the installation, I get the error:

Cannot get terminal termcap entry.

The program requires termcap or ncurses, ncurses is installed.

What does this error mean, and how do I fix it?

Bump:

The bacula documentation mentions installation of ncurses-devel; not finding such a package.
I'm running the console from the comand line over SSH, so I don't have to go do this in the cold basement

Ok, I'm feeling like I'm starting to understand a little bit about linux, because I was finally able to put together the different pieces I found by googling this thing and get an answer - maybe it isn't elegant, but it works!  The program (bconsole under bacula) was looking for a termcap file in /etc.  None existed.  Since $TERM was set to xterm, I made a termcap file with the line xterm in it, and the termcap problem is gone.

>echo $TERM
>xterm
>cd /etc
>vi termcap

#Some notes on why this file exists

xterm

#End of file

Last edited by timm (2007-10-20 12:02:13)

slot

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Registered: 2008-09-08

Posts: 65

Re: Cannot get terminal termcap entry [solved]

Just what I needed, thanks