install ncurses on busybox

[Rob Landley]

On Saturday 09 January 2010 22:53:41 Zvi Vered wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> I want to run htop on a busybox system. But I have to install ncurses
> first. So I compiled and installed ncurses 5.7 with same toolchain used for
> compiling busybox.
> When I tried to run htop I got:
> Unable to open terminal :linux
>
> in /share/terminfo/l there is a file: linux
>
> Any one tried to use ncurses under busybox ?
> Is it a wise step ?

It's unrelated.  It's kind of like asking "has anyone tried to use the 
libvorbis audio codec under busybox".  The two are orthogonal, neither uses 
the other.

Busybox isn't an operating system, it's a set of command line utilities.  Your 
operating system is Linux.

Rob
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