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 libncursesw5
Note: 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