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Install this package:

emerge -a sys-libs/ncurses

Package Information

Description:
Console display library
Homepage:
https://www.gnu.org/software/ncurses/ https://invisible-island.net/ncurses/
License:
MIT

Versions

Version EAPI Keywords Slot
6.6_p20260509 8 ~alpha ~amd64 ~arm ~arm64 ~hppa ~loong ~m68k ~mips ~ppc ~ppc64 ~riscv ~s390 ~sparc ~x86 ~arm64-macos ~x64-macos ~x64-solaris 0/6
8 ~alpha ~amd64 ~arm ~arm64 ~hppa ~loong ~m68k ~mips ~ppc ~ppc64 ~riscv ~s390 ~sparc ~x86 ~arm64-macos ~x64-macos ~x64-solaris 0/6

Metadata

Maintainers

Upstream

Raw Metadata XML 
<pkgmetadata>
	<maintainer type="project">
		<email>base-system@gentoo.org</email>
		<name>Gentoo Base System</name>
	</maintainer>
	<use>
		<flag name="ada">Add bindings for the Ada programming language</flag>
		<flag name="tinfo">
			Build curses library (libncurses) sep from the low-level terminfo
			library (libtinfo) -- usually needed only for binary packages -- but
			it is binary compatible in either mode
		</flag>
		<flag name="stack-realign">
			Realign the stack in the 32-bit build for compatibility with older binaries at some performance cost.
			Avoids crashes in older 32-bit binaries. Only affects x86/32-bit multilib builds on amd64.
		</flag>
		<flag name="trace">Enable test trace() support in ncurses calls</flag>
	</use>
	<upstream>
		<changelog>https://invisible-island.net/ncurses/NEWS.html</changelog>
		<remote-id type="cpe">cpe:/a:gnu:ncurses</remote-id>
		<remote-id type="github">ThomasDickey/ncurses-snapshots</remote-id>
	</upstream>
</pkgmetadata>

Lint Warnings

USE Flags

Manage flags for this package: euse -i <flag> -p sys-libs/ncurses | euse -E <flag> -p sys-libs/ncurses | euse -D <flag> -p sys-libs/ncurses

Flag Description 6.6_p20260509
ada Add bindings for the Ada programming language ✓ ✓
cxx ⚠️ ⊕ ⊕
debug Build with upstream's CXXFLAGS/LDFLAGS for debugging support; not recommended for normal use. ⚠️ ✓ ✓
doc Create description of the eix cache file additionally in html format ⚠️ ✓ ✓
gpm ⚠️ ✓ ✓
minimal ⚠️ ✓ ✓
profile ⚠️ ✓ ✓
split-usr ⚠️ ✓ ✓
stack-realign Realign the stack in the 32-bit build for compatibility with older binaries at some performance cost. Avoids crashes in older 32-bit binaries. Only affects x86/32-bit multilib builds on amd64. ⊕ ⊕
static-libs ⚠️ ✓ ✓
test Perform tests (slow!) and install compressed test results ⚠️ ✓ ✓
tinfo Build curses library (libncurses) sep from the low-level terminfo library (libtinfo) -- usually needed only for binary packages -- but it is binary compatible in either mode ✓ ✓
trace Enable test trace() support in ncurses calls ✓ ✓

Manifest

Type File Size Versions
DIST ncurses-6.6.tar.gz 3791150 bytes 6.6_p20260509
DIST ncurses-6.6.tar.gz.sig 438 bytes 6.6_p20260509
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