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What curses library to specify for debian server

taf — Fri, 30 May 2025 18:05:02 -0000

I'm trying to install THE 4.0.1 on a Debian 12 Server system. I specified ncursesw as the curses library but 'twasn't found. Is ncurses/ncursesw the appropriate library for a text-only build? If not, what should I use? If so what package do I need to install to provide it?
Thanks in advance

Single column display with new RHEL install

Don Hughes — Sun, 08 Oct 2023 21:24:02 -0000

I have installed ncurses THE 4.0 on a new build of RHEL 9.2. My display is a black screen with a single blue column displaying the first column of the file with a blue full width input area. I have tried various color options with no luck. Suggestions?

#38 build 4.0 on Linux Mint (Debian/Ubuntu base)

taf — Mon, 27 Feb 2023 23:08:08 -0000

never mind... installed/built SDL2, pdcurses... then THE and ... it worked!

build 4.0 on Linux Mint (Debian/Ubuntu base)

taf — Mon, 27 Feb 2023 21:15:54 -0000

Trying to build 4.0 on linux mint with ooRexx, configure complains:
configure: error: --with-curses=yes does not specify a valid curses platform; THE cannot be configured

what would be a valid --with-curses value?

#37 Setup / Running on Windows 10

Simon Sobisch — Fri, 28 May 2021 08:18:31 -0000

You likely don't want a source release but a binary one, see [93309].

Setup / Running on Windows 10

Steve Millman — Tue, 25 May 2021 12:29:14 -0000

Downloaded THE editor but not sure how to open it. Don't see any executables that appear to pertain to the software. Appreciate the guidance.

X11 Version on Linux - No Text Cursor

Mark A. Stevens — Thu, 04 Feb 2021 17:04:02 -0000

I built version 3.2 for ncurses and for xcurses, on both Centos 8 and Fedora 32. I see the cursor blinking for the xterm version, but do not see a cursor for the X11 version. Any ideas anyone? Is this fixed in 3.3RCx?

THE 3.2 29-January-2005 Copyright 1991-2004 Mark Hessling. All rights reserved.
THE is distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License 
and comes with NO WARRANTY. See the file COPYING for details.

[xmas@reindeer bin]$ ls -l /usr/local/bin/*the
-rwxr-xr-x. 1 root root 643728 Feb  2 14:57 /usr/local/bin/nthe
lrwxrwxrwx. 1 root root     19 Feb  3 19:36 /usr/local/bin/the -> /usr/local/bin/nthe
-rwxr-xr-x. 1 root root 661768 Feb  2 15:11 /usr/local/bin/xthe
[xmas@reindeer bin]$

... Mark A. Stevens

3.3 RC7 download that includes Windows executables.

Bob Langill — Thu, 01 Oct 2020 22:20:59 -0000

I don't have a C compiler, haven't used one for a very long time, and I have more confidence that someone distributing the files through SourceForge would use the correct directives.

Don't know what the crieteria is for promoting from RC to Stable version, but 3.3 has been subject to a fair amount of scrutiny.

Build Instructions for Linux Mint

taf — Tue, 28 Jul 2020 00:26:38 -0000

I'd like to build THE for Linux Mint 19.3 -- Mint is a relation of Ubuntu (18.xx I think). Can you point me to instructions to do this?

#33 Start THE 3.3 RC 4

Mark Hessling — Thu, 25 Jun 2020 01:37:47 -0000

Yes there is a version for Windows 10 64bit; just not the current release candidate. It is in "3.3 Release Candidate 1". Depending on the Rexx interpreter you want to use:
THE33RC1w64_Regina.exe or THE33RC1w64_ooRexx.exe for self-installing executables.
The latest release candidate is quite a large change as far as a packaging exercise is concerned. Just haven't had the time to build the packages for Windows and al lthe other platforms.