Newt is a programming library for color text mode, widget based user interfaces. It can be used to add stacked windows, entry widgets, checkboxes, radio buttons, labels, plain text fields, scrollbars, etc., to text mode user interfaces. Newt is based on the S-Lang library.
This package is known to build and work properly using an LFS 11.3 platform.
Download (HTTP): https://releases.pagure.org/newt/newt-0.52.23.tar.gz
Download MD5 sum: 70aefeff0f3e9444a69dbdae9a931442
Download size: 173 KB
Estimated disk space required: 5.5 MB
Estimated build time: less than 0.1 SBU
popt-1.19 and slang-2.3.3
GPM-1.20.7 (runtime)
User Notes: https://wiki.linuxfromscratch.org/blfs/wiki/newt
Install newt by running the following command:
sed -e '/install -m 644 $(LIBNEWT)/ s/^/#/' \ -e '/$(LIBNEWT):/,/rv/ s/^/#/' \ -e 's/$(LIBNEWT)/$(LIBNEWTSH)/g' \ -i Makefile.in && ./configure --prefix=/usr \ --with-gpm-support \ --with-python=python3.11 && make
This package does not come with a test suite.
Now, as the root
user:
make install
sed -e ... -i Makefile.in: Disables installation of a static library.
--with-gpm-support
: This
switch enables mouse support for newt applications through GPM.
--with-python=python3.11
:
By giving explicitly the name of the directory where python modules
reside, this switch prevents building the python2 module.