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t18:
Hello,

I'm trying to run older software requiring the ncurses package.

Wordperfect 8 works fine if setting LD_LIBRARY_PATH to the separate directory where the ncurses is installed.

Lotus 123 doesn't.

What to do in these cases?

Many thanks.

Rich:
Hi t18
Saying "It doesn't work" and not providing any error
messages (clues) makes it difficult to provide an answer.

This is strictly guesswork, but if you are using a command
with this basic format:

--- Code: ---LD_LIBRARY_PATH=/Your/Path/To/ncurses; lotus123
--- End code ---

Try changing it to:

--- Code: ---export LD_LIBRARY_PATH=/Your/Path/To/ncurses
lotus123
--- End code ---

It is also possible  LD_LIBRARY_PATH  is the wrong tool for the job.
Maybe  LD_PRELOAD  is what you need.

Without more information, any answers are only guesses.

Juanito:
Often you need to search the configure script to see how it tests for ncurses:

The include path often needs changing to /usr/local/include/ncursesw
The library test often needs changing to ncursesw, formw, etc
LIBS="-L /usr/local/lib lncursesw" sometimes helps

t18:
The error is just "error while loading shared libraries: libncurses.so.6: no such file or dir".

Although is is installed but in a separate directory.

Juanito:
The file is called libncursesw.so.6 in tinycore

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