OpenEuphoria

Re: Linux Gurus -- Can you make sense out of this?

• Posted by Jerry Story <jstory at ocii.com> Dec 06, 2005
• 556 views

ags wrote:
> 
> Jerry Story wrote:
> > 
> > Someone sent me this:
> > [quote]
> > Debian Linux;
> > wxeu.sa installed in /usr/lib;
> > dmak directory installed in ~/bin.
> > Typing ./dmak in a terminal produces:
> > "Error opening terminal: xterm."
> > xterm is installed.
> > Tried both as user and as root.
> > Is it the software or is it me?
> > [/quote]
> > 
> > I don't have a clue. Can anyone figure this out?
> 
> Try:
> 
> env TERM=linux ./dmak
> 
> or 
> 
> env TERM=vt100 ./dmak
> 
> and if either of those work then you need to change the TERM= line in
> /etc/profile
> 
> (TERM=linux is better than TERM=vt100 obviously, though others might have a
> better suggestion, I just always use TERM=linux)
> 
> I think this occurs because the Linux interpreter is statically linked to an
> old ncurses version?
> 
> Gary

I got an answer from Matt Lewis:
export TERM=ansi to .bashrc

Dick (the guy with Debian) told me he will let me know if it works. If it
doesn't, then I will tell him to try your idea.