A system library which allows a text-based GUI environment at a shell. It supports windows, text, colors, and more. Many programs use ncurses.
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Is there a file explorer/manager for the command line?
I would like to know if there is something like DOS interface for Ubuntu. I mean a "GUI" that can run from the console (for example if you are using Ubuntu Server). Some file explorer like Nautilus ...
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How to add the ncurses.h to a C++ program compiled on gcc?
I am totally new to C++ programming on gcc. I wanted to add color to my text on the output on the console. Since there is no conio.h on linux, I researched and found that ncurses.h could do the trick. ...
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How do I get to the options in nvlc?
I recently found out about the ncurses vlc command line interface, nvlc and tried to access the options with no success; the nvlc -option command as the help manual suggested didn't do anything
I'm ...
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Is there an ncurses tool for upstart similar to ntsysv or sysv-rc-conf?
I'd like to be able to use a terminal or console to configure runlevels. I don't need the conditions for starting and stopping services to be any more complicated than sysv. I just want to base ...
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How to get screen size through python curses
I'm writing a terminal program and need to get the size of the TTY I'm using. The Internet seems to suggest this can be done with curses, but I can't seem to find out how in python. I'm trying to ...
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Is there any ncurses archiver interface available?
I am looking for a way to create archives on the commandline with some minimal ASCII interface.
Could be for tar, zip or rar files, but should provide miniml ncurses (or other) "fake" graphical ...
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How do I install ncurses header files?
I was trying to configure the kernel and I got the following error. Can somebody please tell me what should I do?
root@nitr-desktop:/usr/src/linux# make menuconfig
*** Unable to find the ncurses ...
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error while compiling speech_tools can not find -lcurses
I get the following error when compiling speech_tools.
/usr/bin/ld: cannot find -lcurses
/usr/bin/ld: cannot find -lncurses
collect2: ld returned 1 exit status
make[1]: *** [ch_lab] Error 1
make: ...
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Compiling NETGEAR WNR2000v3 firmware under 12.04.1 LTS
I'm trying to compile the GPL NETGEAR firmware for the WNR2000v3 router using Ubuntu 12.04.1 LTS.
I've downloaded and extracted the source, installed everything I think I need, yet there are two ...
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cant perform terminal commands despite having ncurses-bin
I am using Ubuntu 12.04 64 bit version.
I am unable to use commands such as reset or clear in the terminal even though I have the ncurses-bin package installed. Here is the terminal output:
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“file too short” error while loading libtermcap.so / libncurses.so
On my Ubuntu 11.10, I am running a version of gdb for different target other than host machine and I am getting the following error:
xxxxx-none-linux-gnu-gdb: error while loading shared libraries: ...
