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-8.3 platform.
Download (HTTP): https://releases.pagure.org/newt/newt-0.52.20.tar.gz
Download MD5 sum: 70b288f821234593a8e7920e435b259b
Download size: 180 KB
Estimated disk space required: 4.1 MB
Estimated build time: less than 0.1 SBU
popt-1.16 and slang-2.3.2
Tcl-8.6.8 and GPM-1.20.7 (runtime)
User Notes: http://wiki.linuxfromscratch.org/blfs/wiki/newt
Install newt by running the following command:
sed -e 's/^LIBNEWT =/#&/' \ -e '/install -m 644 $(LIBNEWT)/ s/^/#/' \ -e 's/$(LIBNEWT)/$(LIBNEWTSONAME)/g' \ -i Makefile.in && ./configure --prefix=/usr --with-gpm-support && 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.
Last updated on 2018-08-19 15:33:02 -0700