Re: Q:Terminal type not known

[Aaron <aaron greyhour com>]

if those files are missing

I would do a force install

Aaron
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Never mind the fact that those moments will be almost impossible to recapture.
What does 'clotoxil' mean anyway, and why did you find it necessary to scribble it on a scrap of paper and keep it around all these years?

On Sat, 21 Aug 1999, Kishoree kishoree wrote:

> 
> Hey bob,
> I made a mistake I didn't give the ncurses before.
> 
> Well i do get a list terminfo files but upgradation is not taking place. The 
> error message that comes is laready installed <version>
> 
> help me out somebody,
> kishoree
> 
> 
> ----Original Message Follows----
> From: Bob McClure Jr <robertmcclure earthlink net>
> Reply-To: redhat-install-list redhat com
> To: redhat-install-list redhat com
> Subject: Re: Q:Terminal type not known
> Date: Fri, 20 Aug 1999 15:46:29 -0500
> 
>  > By the way,
>  >  > On Sat, Aug 21, 1999 at 12:54:59AM +0200, Kishoree kishoree wrote:
>  >  >  > ncurses is installed but no entry for terminfo
>  >
>  > What do you mean "no entry for terminfo"?
>  >
> On Sat, Aug 21, 1999 at 01:58:59AM +0200, Kishoree kishoree wrote:
>  >
>  > No there is no such entry as /usr/...../l/linux or /usr/...../x/xterm
>  > By no entry I mean there is no such directory in the usr/share
> 
> Ok.  I just couldn't figure out how you could have ncurses and not have
> terminfo files installed.  Lack of terminfo is why pico, emacs, et al.
> are complaining.  Now let's find out what happened to terminfo.  If I
> 
>    rpm -ql ncurses | less
> 
> I get the whole laundry list of terminfo files and other cats and dogs.
> If you do too, then you may need to reinstall ncurses, perhaps with the
> -U (upgrade) option because something has happened to them.
> 
> If your list does not include terminfo files, then some 6.0 veteran
> needs to help us determine what rpm contains them, now.
> 
> Ok, so I lied - it wasn't my last shot.
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