On Mon, Sep 07, 2009 at 07:00:08PM +0200, Otto Maddox wrote: > I have been having DEL/delete/backspace problems, the cause of which I > have traced to the following bug report: > > http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=319554 > > In summary, version 5.5-5 of libncurses5 (and libncurses5-dev) is > installed on this system, it has an incorrect terminfo entry for > xterm-color, and I have no superuser privileges to upgrade it. > > Can somebody please tell me how I can get the latest Debian-compatible > terminfo entry for xterm-color and install it in my home directory?
ncurses manpage describes TERMINFO and TERMINFO_DIRS environment variables which override ncurses' search for terminal descriptions. Setting TERMINFO, you can override tic's target for installing updated terminal descriptions. infocmp provides a copy of a terminal description which can be edited. -- Thomas E. Dickey <dic...@invisible-island.net> http://invisible-island.net ftp://invisible-island.net
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