Ncurses fails to install?

[ivandavidov]

Ncurses fails to install?

[ivandavidov]

Take a look at my code...

https://github.com/AwlsomeAlex/minimal/blob/master/src/overlay_02_build_links.sh

...and now take a look at your code...

https://github.com/AwlsomeAlex/minimal/blob/master/src/overlay_06_build_ncurses.sh

There is a difference - the right location to copy the libraries would be this one:

$SRC_DIR/work/src/minimal_overlay/lib

That's because the folders $SRC_DIR/minimal_rootfs and $SRC_DIR/minimal_overlay are used as static templates but the actual build-time artifacts for the additional overlay software have to go to $SRC_DIR/work/src/minimal_overlay/lib. After that the ISO image generation process gets all files from $SRC_DIR/work/src/minimal_overlay and puts them on the ISO image.

So, I suggest you go through your modifications and revise the directories that you use.

[AwlsomeAlex]

Okay, but also Ncurses will fail to build, without creating the libraries. Am I using the right ./configure options?
(I changed it as well)

[ivandavidov]

The only way to answer that would be to build nano + ncurses myself and tell you how I built them. :)

The usual pattern for building additional software is:

1. Get the source bundle and extract it.
2. Find out how to do the initial configuration. Usually it's done by a ./configure script.
3. Try to create a default configuration.
4. Try to make the software and then install it in separate folder.
5. Analyze the content of the installation folder and place all relevant files in the minimal_overlay or minimal_rootfs folder. Side note - all files in minimal_rootfs are visible before the overlay process is triggered, while all files in minimal_overlay will be visible only after the overlay process is triggered since they are part of the generic ISO image structure.
6. Play with the configuration options and figure out what you need and what you don't need. Be advised that the overlay software dependencies usually are OS specific and it's up to you to resolve all such dependencies for your host machine.

Long story short - I can take a look at nano/ncurses when I have some free time but I don't promise anything. I'll leave the issue ticket open for now. Please update it when you have progress.

[AwlsomeAlex]

Okay. i'll experiment with the Ncurses config files, and email the developers the problem, as soon as I find a fix, i'll apply it and send a pull request, maybe then it will be useful for future programs. :)

[ivandavidov]

FYI - the commits from today (23-May) add all GNU C libraries as additional overlay bundle. This should solve half of the problem - if ncurses requires glibc (glibc also requires glibc sometimes, e.g. NSS libraries), then these libraries are now present in the overlay structure.

[ivandavidov]

@AwlsomeAlex - is there any progress on this issue? If not, I'll close it because it is not relevant to the current development cycle.

[AwlsomeAlex]

Yeah, I'm waiting for the next release with full Glibc Libraries, once it's released I will start the same process which I used to try building Ncurses and its Libraries, and several other methods. With the addition of Ncurses, you'll be able to expand the project with additions of Dialog/Text-Based Interfaces such as Nano and WPA_Supplicants/Wifi-Tools, so I'll try to push on development once a stable is released. @ivandavidov

[ivandavidov]

I'm closing this issue since it is no relevant for the current development cycle.