"Error opening terminal: " error.

"Error opening terminal: " error.


Author: Marco Bizzarri
Email: m.bizzarri@icube.it

System Architecture: Intel
RedHat Release: RHL 5.1 (Manhattan)
FAQ Category: Error Messages
Modification Date: Oct 2, 1998

Question:

On a number of ncurses based libc5 software, you get
the above error message. For example, Exide LanSafe,
and Bentley Microstation setup shows the error.

Answer:

ncurses is looking for terminfo database under /usr/lib/terminfo.

However, in Red Hat 5.1, it is under /usr/share/terminfo.

Therefore, create a symlink to it, as follows:
cd /usr/lib
ln -s /usr/share/terminfo terminfo.


References:

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