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How to install curses.h header file(or the package including it)in Linux?

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I want to use certain operations (like clearing the screen etc.) in C programs in Linux platform and I am informed that it can be done including curses.h header-file. But this doesn't seem to be available along with gcc package.

Please, tell me how can I install it?

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Snehasish Karmakar Avatar asked Aug 16 '13 15:08

Snehasish Karmakar

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Try this:

sudo apt-get install libncurses5-dev
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Linuxios Avatar answered Oct 13 '22 02:10

Linuxios

On RHEL / Fedora / CentOS Linux, type the following yum command at a shell prompt as root user:

yum install ncurses-devel ncurses
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R S John Avatar answered Oct 13 '22 02:10

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