Termcap vs. Terminfo---Redhat vs. Debian

[Alan Eugene Davis <adavis@netpci.com>]

I found an old friend on a Red Hat CD---ephem, predecessor and sibling to
xephem.  It was time to try alien.  Interesting.  Installed the package.
The binary doesn't work---termcap libraries are missing.

Can I overcome this problem?  

(I like xephem LOTS better.  My machine at school is running a monochrome
VGA though.)

Thanks for many answers.

Alan
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