seeking advice on installing filepro on linux mint 18.3 go

[Mike Dawson]

Bill,

I don't know if "linux mint" uses APT......but...here goes:

It's been years.....but pass this along to whoever needs it:
I don't fP any longer....and lurk occasionally on the list....
I messed with this problem on many 32 bit variants of Linux long ago.....and
kept notes.
Best way to tell if you got it working is using the built in editor on a PRC
table and test F1-F4 keys.

============================================================================
======================
***************
FINAL LIBTERMCAP
"libtermcap.so.2"
INSTALL ISSUES & STEPS
   SUMMARY
***************

	A. apt-get install libtinfo-dev
	B. If you need to convert a RPM 
		1. sudo add-apt-repository universe
		2. sudo apt-get install alien
		3. update/upgrade
		4. To convert a RPM:  # sudo alien <name of package>.rpm to
a .deb
		   To install the new .deb package: sudo dpkg -i <name of
package>.deb
	C. Copy your RPM or DEB over to /tmp and convert and install.
	Example: For i386 Ubuntu 18.04TLS:
"CENTOS_AlienConverted_compat-libtermcap_2.0.8-50_i386.deb"
	IE: sudo dpkg -i <name of package>.deb

END FILEPRO notes
============================================================================
=======================


MISC:

0. See what libtermcaps you've got:
sudo apt list --installed|grep -i libtermcap


1. Add RPM support on .deb installations :

https://www.rosehosting.com/blog/how-to-install-rpm-packages-on-ubuntu/

2. Locate Libtermcap Support: 
http://www.rpmfind.net/linux/rpm2html/search.php?query=libtermcap.so.2


Hope this helps.....

<MD>



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On Behalf Of Bill Campbell via Filepro-list
Sent: Monday, December 30, 2019 12:41 PM
To: filepro-list at lists.celestial.com
Subject: Re: seeking advice on installing filepro on linux mint 18.3

On Mon, Dec 30, 2019, oldtony via Filepro-list wrote:
>Hi Experts - seeking advise on installing filepro (version 5.0.14D4 ) on
>linux mint 18.3. the install fails saying it needs libtermacp.so.2.

This library may well be part of the ncurses development package.

I'm not familiar with Linux mint, but would guess that it uses
the apt package management system.  I always have to RTFM when
I'm playing with my Raspberry PI to figure out how this works.

>now for Centos 6.9 i have found the following works:
>
># yum install libxml2.i686#  yum install libstdc++.so.6# yum install
>compat-libtermcap.i686# yum install unixODBC unixODBC-devel libtool-ltdl
>libtool-ltdl-devel
>
># ln -s /usr/lib/libodbc.so.2 /usr/lib/libodbc.so.1
>
>but yum does not work for linux mint.
>
>any suggestions how to proceed ?
>
>thanks for any help
>
>old tony
>
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