Where do I get ncurses man pages from?

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I can't find the ncurses man pages even after:

sudo apt-get install libncurses5-dev

Radu Rădeanu · Accepted Answer · 2013-10-28 21:33:58Z

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You have to install also ncurses-doc. To install it from terminal run the following command:

sudo apt-get install ncurses-doc

Then you can read the manual page:

man ncurses

answered Oct 28, 2013 at 21:33

Radu Rădeanu

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@Jake: because you, just like me, only looked up on libncurses* packages ;)
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Mar 11, 2015 at 10:19

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Braiam · Accepted Answer · 2014-08-16 19:15:41Z

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You can also get the man page online:

You can also use this link to search http://manpages.ubuntu.com/cgi-bin/search.py?q=. Just add your search to the end of that address.

answered Oct 28, 2013 at 21:39

Braiam

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OP didn't mention that raring was being used, it may be better to link to the search result page: manpages.ubuntu.com/cgi-bin/search.py?q=ncurses You can also just search using the search box (without changing URLs)
– kiri
Oct 29, 2013 at 2:14
@minerz029 the link was intentional, since the documentation haven't changed
– Braiam
Oct 29, 2013 at 4:26
For the common case that there is a page for the name in only one section, the URL for the most current version is manpages.ubuntu.com/ncurses
– Volker Siegel
Aug 16, 2014 at 18:43

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Community · Accepted Answer · 2020-06-12 14:37:07Z

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Besides the mentioned ncurses-doc package, don't forget to install the examples!

ncurses-examples

They are priceless... installed at /usr/lib/ncurses/examples and best viewed with dwww

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answered Mar 11, 2015 at 10:34

MestreLion

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I installed these examples but I where can I find their source code? Having the source code would be great for learning ncurses.
– builder-7000
Aug 14, 2018 at 21:42
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@Sergio , as with any other Debian package, source code can be found in their source package. Try apt source ncurses-examples, it will download ncurses source package containing all source code. Source for the examples can be found at test/ subfolder.
– MestreLion
Aug 15, 2018 at 8:06
Thank you, for some reason the apt command didn't work for me, but I installed with: git clone https://github.com/gittup/ncurses.git which includes the test/ folder with the source code for the examples.
– builder-7000
Aug 15, 2018 at 8:34
@Sergio, maybe apt-get source ncurses if you're using an Ubuntu older than 16.04. Yes, cloning the upstream (original author) repository may solve your problem for ncurses, but a general solution for any Ubuntu package is to grab the source package using apt
– MestreLion
Aug 15, 2018 at 13:32

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