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setup_ncurses6_4-noWide.sh

Roger Borrello, 06/15/2026 12:44 PM

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#!/bin/bash
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#set -x # Set to help debug
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show_usage()
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{
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   cat <<EOF
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Usage: $0 [-p<path>] [-fsad] [-u<user>]
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Where:
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p	= Use specific path instead of current directory
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f	= Override thread-safe dynamically linked version with statically linked patched version containing auto_getch_refresh
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s	= Set system-wide environment instead of just current user
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a	= Handle setup of /etc/apt/sources.list and restore when done (requires sudo)
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u	= Update the given user's .bashrc instead of current running user. Typically for when run under sudo
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d	= Dry run. Just show commands.
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EOF
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}
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# True if the variable is already exported, or - for the per-user .bashrc, which we
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# append to rather than rewrite - already present in the target file.
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have_var()
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{
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   [ -n "${!1}" ] && return 0
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   [[ "$system" != true ]] && [ -f "$rc_filename" ] && grep -q "$1" "$rc_filename"
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}
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# Defaults
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user=$USER
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homedir=$HOME
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# process options
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while getopts "h?p:fsadu:" opt; do
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   case $opt in
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      p  ) target_dir=$OPTARG ;;
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      f  ) patch_ncurses=true ;;
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      s  ) system=true ;;
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      a  ) handle_apt=true ;;
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      u  ) user=$OPTARG
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           homedir=$(getent passwd "$OPTARG" | cut -d: -f6) ;;
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      d  ) dry="echo" ;;
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      h | \
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      \? ) show_usage && exit 1
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           exit 1 ;;
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   esac
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done
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shift $(($OPTIND - 1))
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# remove previous install, if any
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$dry rm -rf ncurses*
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# Learn the OS so that we can handle non-Ubuntu "kind of" gracefully
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. /etc/os-release
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codename="$VERSION_CODENAME"
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case "$codename" in
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   ulyana|ulyssa|uma|una)          release="focal" ;;   # Linux Mint 20.x
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   vanessa|vera|victoria|virginia) release="jammy" ;;   # Linux Mint 21.x
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   wilma|xia|zara|zena)            release="noble" ;;   # Linux Mint 22.x
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   *)                              release="$codename" ;;
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esac
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if [ "$ID" = "rhel" ]; then
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   is_rhel=true
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fi
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# get up to date version
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if [[ "$handle_apt" == true ]]; then
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   apt_backup=""   # original file saved under /tmp, restored when done
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   apt_created=""  # new file we added, removed when done
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   if [[ -f "/etc/apt/sources.list.d/ubuntu.sources" ]]; then
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      # Deb822 format (Ubuntu 24.04 and newer): widen the Types line to add deb-src
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      apt_backup="/etc/apt/sources.list.d/ubuntu.sources"
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      $dry cp "$apt_backup" /tmp
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      $dry sed -i 's/^Types: deb$/Types: deb deb-src/' "$apt_backup"
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   elif [[ -f "/etc/apt/sources.list.d/official-package-repositories.list" ]]; then
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      # Some Linux distros derive a separate deb-src list from the existing deb entries
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      apt_src="/etc/apt/sources.list.d/official-package-repositories.list"
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      apt_created="/etc/apt/sources.list.d/deb-src.list"
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      if [ -n "$dry" ]; then
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         echo "grep -q '^deb-src' $apt_src ||" \
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              "sed -e 's|^deb |deb-src |' $apt_src >> $apt_created"
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      else
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         grep -q '^deb-src' "$apt_src" || \
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         sed -e 's|^deb |deb-src |' "$apt_src" >> "$apt_created"
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      fi
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   else
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      # Legacy one-line format (Ubuntu 22.04 / 20.04 and earlier)
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      apt_backup="/etc/apt/sources.list"
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      $dry cp "$apt_backup" /tmp
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      if [ -n "$dry" ]; then
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         echo "echo \"deb-src http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu $release main restricted universe multiverse\" >> /etc/apt/sources.list"
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      else
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         echo "deb-src http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu $release main restricted universe multiverse" >> /etc/apt/sources.list
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      fi
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   fi
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   $dry apt-get update
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fi
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# install ncurses source code for this version
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if [ -z "$is_rhel" ]; then
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   $dry apt-get -q -y source ncurses
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   src_rc=$?
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else
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   $dry yum install -y ncurses-devel
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   src_rc=$?
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fi
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if [[ "$handle_apt" == true ]]; then
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   [ -n "$apt_backup" ]  && $dry mv "/tmp/$(basename "$apt_backup")" "$apt_backup"
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   [ -n "$apt_created" ] && $dry rm -f "$apt_created"
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   $dry apt-get update
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fi
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# check if sources obtained
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if [ "$src_rc" -ne 0 ] && [ -z "$dry" ]; then
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   echo "+------------------------------------------------------------------------------+"
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   echo "|                  Unable to get NCURSES source tree!                          |"
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   echo "|       Check the available packages list in /etc/apt/sources.list.            |"
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   echo "+------------------------------------------------------------------------------+"
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   exit 1
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fi
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# patching the source files
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$dry pushd ncurses-6.* > /dev/null || { echo "Unable to enter NCURSES source directory (ncurses-6.*)!"; exit 1; }
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if [[ "$patch_ncurses" == true ]]; then
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#   $dry wget https://proj.goldencode.com/downloads/ncurses/ncurses_curses_h_in_v6.4+20240113.patch
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#   $dry wget https://proj.goldencode.com/downloads/ncurses/ncurses_lib_getch_c_v6.4+20240113.patch
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   $dry patch include/curses.h.in      ../libncurses_curses_h_in_v6.4+20240113.patch
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   $dry patch ncurses/base/lib_getch.c ../libncurses_lib_getch_c_v6.4+20240113.patch
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fi
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# configure and build object libraries
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if [[ "$patch_ncurses" == true ]]; then
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   $dry ./configure --with-termlib CFLAGS='-fPIC -O2' --with-abi-version=6 --disable-widec
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else
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   $dry ./configure --with-termlib CFLAGS='-fPIC -O2' --with-abi-version=6 --disable-widec --with-pthread --enable-pthreads-eintr
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fi
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$dry make
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make_rc=$?
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# make valid reference to updated ncurses.h
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$dry cd include
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$dry ln -s curses.h ncurses.h
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$dry cd ..
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if [[ "$patch_ncurses" == true ]]; then
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   echo "+------------------------------------------------------------------------------+"
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   echo "|                 Patched NCURSES libraries update completed.                  |"
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else
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   echo "+------------------------------------------------------------------------------+"
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   echo "|               Thread-safe NCURSES libraries build completed.                 |"
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fi
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# Position minimal files if path is specified
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if [[ -n "$target_dir" ]]; then
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   $dry mkdir -p "$target_dir"
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   $dry cp -r include "$target_dir"
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   $dry cp -r lib "$target_dir"
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   $dry cd "$target_dir"
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   $dry chown -R "$user:$user" "$target_dir"
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fi
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# Set up environment variable(s) if they are not set already.
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# Pick the target file first so we can also skip entries already present in it.
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if [[ "$system" == true ]]; then
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   rc_filename='/etc/profile.d/10-ncurses.sh'
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   msg="|         The environment has been changed! Reboot to activate changes         |"
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   mode="644"
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else
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   rc_filename="${homedir}/.bashrc"
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   msg="|   The .bashrc has been changed! Please open new console to activate setup!   |"
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fi
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env_update=""; sudo_update=""
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if ! have_var NCURSES_FWD_STATIC; then
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   if [[ "$patch_ncurses" == true ]]; then
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      env_update+="# set up patched NCURSES root location"$'\n'
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   else
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      env_update+="# set up thread-safe NCURSES root location"$'\n'
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   fi
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   env_update+="export NCURSES_FWD_STATIC=\"$PWD\""$'\n'
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   sudo_update+="Defaults env_keep += NCURSES_FWD_STATIC"$'\n'
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fi
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if ! have_var NCURSES_FWD_PTHREADS && [ "$patch_ncurses" != true ]; then
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   env_update+="# and set up thread-safe NCURSES_FWD_PTHREADS variable"$'\n'
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   env_update+="export NCURSES_FWD_PTHREADS=true"$'\n'
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   sudo_update+="Defaults env_keep += NCURSES_FWD_PTHREADS"$'\n'
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fi
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if [ -n "$env_update" ]; then
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   if [[ "$system" == true ]]; then
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      # Ensure we are making the only entry in the profile.d script
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      [ -f "$rc_filename" ] && $dry rm -f "$rc_filename"
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      if [ -z "$dry" ]; then
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         tmp_sudoers=$(mktemp)
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         echo -n "$sudo_update" > "$tmp_sudoers"
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         if visudo -cf "$tmp_sudoers"; then
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            install -m 440 "$tmp_sudoers" /etc/sudoers.d/10-ncurses
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         else
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            echo "Generated sudoers snippet failed validation; not installing." >&2
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         fi
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         rm -f "$tmp_sudoers"
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      fi
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   fi
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   if [[ -z "$dry" ]]; then
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      echo '' >> "$rc_filename"
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      echo -n "$env_update" >> "$rc_filename"
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      [[ "$system" == true ]] && chmod "$mode" "$rc_filename"
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   fi
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   echo "|   ---------------------------   WARNING ! --------------------------------   |"
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   echo "$msg"
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   echo "|   ---------------------------   WARNING ! --------------------------------   |"
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fi
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echo "|              Please do FULL FWD rebuild to activate the changes.             |"
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echo "+------------------------------------------------------------------------------+"
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# back to the starting directory
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$dry popd > /dev/null
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# On a successful build, clean up the downloaded source artifacts. The extracted
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# source tree is only disposable when -p copied the libraries elsewhere; otherwise
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# NCURSES_FWD_STATIC points into it and it must be kept.
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if [ "$make_rc" -eq 0 ]; then
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   $dry rm -f ncurses_*.dsc ncurses_*.debian.tar.* ncurses_*.orig.tar.*
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   [ -n "$target_dir" ] && $dry rm -rf ncurses-6.*
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fi