Where do I get ncurses man pages from?

Question

I can't find the ncurses man pages even after:

sudo apt-get install libncurses5-dev

score 18 · Accepted Answer · answered Oct 28 '13 at 21:33

18

You have to install also ncurses-doc. To install it from terminal run the following command:

sudo apt-get install ncurses-doc

Then you can read the manual page:

man ncurses

answered Oct 28 '13 at 21:33

Radu Rădeanu

Braiam · Answer 2 · 2014-08-16T19:15:41.120

3

You can also get the man page online:

You can also use this link to search http://manpages.ubuntu.com/cgi-bin/search.py?q=. Just add your search to the end of that address.

edited Aug 16 '14 at 19:15

answered Oct 28 '13 at 21:39

Braiam

score 2 · Answer 3 · edited Jun 12 '20 at 14:37

2

Besides the mentioned ncurses-doc package, don't forget to install the examples!

ncurses-examples

They are priceless... installed at /usr/lib/ncurses/examples and best viewed with dwww

edited Jun 12 '20 at 14:37

Community

answered Mar 11 '15 at 10:34

MestreLion