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Bad advice for Arch Linux

Open rsubtil opened this issue 5 years ago • 2 comments

For Arch Linux you say to do this: sudo ln -s /usr/lib/libtinfo.so.6 /usr/lib/libtinfo.so.5

This is bad advice; symlinking is a bad idea.

The fix for Arch is installing ncurses5-compat-libs (AUR)

rsubtil avatar Apr 01 '20 10:04 rsubtil

last time i tried that it was not available in pacman

On Wed, Apr 1, 2020, at 6:06 AM, Ricardo Subtil wrote:

For Arch Linux you say to do this: sudo ln -s /usr/lib/libtinfo.so.6 /usr/lib/libtinfo.so.5

This is bad advice; symlinking is a bad idea https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Frequently_asked_questions#If_I_need_an_older_version_of_an_installed_library,_can_I_just_symlink_to_the_newer_version?.

The fix for Arch is installing ncurses5-compat-libs https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/ncurses5-compat-libs/ (AUR)

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oakes avatar Apr 01 '20 11:04 oakes

Indeed, the AUR is not available through pacman, but the package can be installed with things like makepkg, yay, pacaur, or many others.

meithecatte avatar Apr 01 '20 12:04 meithecatte