FWD

#!/bin/bash

starting_dir="$(pwd)"

# update NCURSES

if [ $# != 1 ]; then

   read -e -i "$starting_dir" -p "Type the directory path in which the NCURSES patch files are found: " patchpath

else

   patchpath="$1"

fi

headerpatch="${patchpath%/}/ncurses_curses_h_in_20060828.patch"

getchpatch="${patchpath%/}/ncurses_lib_getch_c_v5.7_20090512.patch"

if [ ! -f $headerpatch ]; then

   echo "$headerpatch does not exist."

   exit

fi

if [ ! -f $getchpatch ]; then

   echo "$getchpatch does not exist."

   exit

fi

# clean up after previous installs that left trash behind

for dname in $(find . -maxdepth 1 -type d  -name "ncurses*"); do rm -fr "$dname"; done

rm -fr ncurses_*.tar.gz ncurses_*.tar.xz ncurses_*.dsc

# install ncurses source code for this version

apt-get -q -y source ncurses

# move into the top-level source directory

srcdir=$(find . -maxdepth 1 -type d -name "ncurses*")

cd "$srcdir"

# patch the source code

patch ncurses/base/lib_getch.c $getchpatch

patch include/curses.h.in $headerpatch

# build the source code

./configure --with-shared && make

# install it

sudo make install

# identify the .so name (it is version-specific)

full_libname=$(basename $(find lib/ -maxdepth 1 -type f -name "libncurses.so.*"))

major_libname="${full_libname%.*}"

# fixup the main lib (the install process leaves it alone, but that won't work)

cd /lib/$(uname -i)-linux-gnu/

sudo cp $full_libname $full_libname.ori

sudo cp /usr/lib/$full_libname .

sudo rm $major_libname

sudo ln -s $full_libname $major_libname

cd "$starting_dir"

# cleanup

rm -fr "$srcdir" ncurses_*.tar.gz ncurses_*.tar.xz ncurses_*.dsc