Debian / Ubuntu Linux platform notes
Important: The fglrun component of Genero BDL
package requires version 5 of the wide-char Curses shared library to be installed on the
system.
Installing the Curses library on Debian 9 or Ubuntu 18
On Debian Linux 9 (and derived Linux brands like Ubuntu), the Curses library version 5 must be
installed as
follows:
# apt-get install libncurses5
# apt-get install libncursesw5Note: On Debian 9, the libncursesw.so.5 library for UTF-8 support in text mode
is part of the
libncursesw5 package: The libncurses5 package does
not include the libncursesw.so.5 library.Installing the Curses library on Debian 10 or Ubuntu 19
To install version 5 of the Curses library on Debian 10 or Ubuntu 19, do the
following:
# apt-get install libncurses5
# apt-get install libncursesw5