fp 5.0 application on Centos 7

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5.0.x needs libtermcap, but the one from ncurses won't work for you, as
it's...it's complicated.

You need compat-libtermcap, but the stock binary package is built -only-
for x86_64 binaries.  Since filePro binaries are 32-bit for 5.0.x Linux,
you need to take the SRPM and build it against the i686 target to get what
you -actually- need for it to work properly.

I can't speak for the linux termcap except to say that the systems on which
I'm using it already had a valid termcap in place, so I didn't have to mess
with it this time around.

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On Sat, Feb 18, 2017 at 07:36:21PM -0500, Scott Walker via Filepro-list thus spoke:
> Been running a fp 5.0 application on Centos 6 for many years.
> 
> Just trying in on Centos 7
> 
>   fp seems to run OK EXCEPT is seems like fp 5.0 is not seeing that
> TERM=linux (as set in the users .bash_profile).  What should be solid lines
> are drawn as "----" and the prompt says to press "DMAP" instead of "F6" to
> do a browse lookup.
> 
> To test the box we put 5.8 on it and it works as expected regarding the
> terminal line drawing and special key labels.  
> 
> BTW, we did have an issue with lib.termcap.so.2 not being able to be
> installed with yum install but we thought we had that squared away.  Does
> 5.8 not need that and 5.0 does?  Maybe that is the cause of the problem.
> 
> Has anyone else used 5.0 on a Centos 7 box and have any ideas.
> 
> Regards,
> Scott
> 
> Scott Walker
> scottwalker1956 at gmail.com
> 
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