Re: Various problems with 1.1

[Stephen Early <sde1000@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk>]

On Tue, 23 Apr 1996, David M Smith wrote:

> 3. I've had to install XFree3.1.2D to support my Mach64 card.  The
>    a.out version worked fine with 9.3R6, but this time I installed the
>    ELF version.  Works fine, except xterm won't run -- can't find
>    libtermcap.so.2.  I've got libtermcap.a and libtermcap.sa, so why
>    doesn't it work?  Where (what package) can I get libtermcap.so.2?
>    ldconfig doesn't fix the problem.

aaaaInstall the X packages from Debian, except the X server. Use the server
from XFree86-3.1.2D; put it in /usr/local/bin. Everything should work.
(The xterm in the Debian X packages is statically linked with a small part
of ncurses, not termcap.)

Steve Early
sde1000@cam.ac.uk