From: | Dave Page <dpage(at)pgadmin(dot)org> |
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To: | Gabe Nell <gabe(at)kikini(dot)com> |
Cc: | pgsql-bugs(at)postgresql(dot)org |
Subject: | Re: BUG #5807: psql fails to launch with "Cannot read termcap database; using dumb terminal settings. Aborted" |
Date: | 2011-01-06 21:06:15 |
Message-ID: | AANLkTimidWjy=ptfo2046y+eWRQ8ve6MXGYUUuZdiPY3@mail.gmail.com |
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On Thu, Jan 6, 2011 at 8:54 PM, Gabe Nell <gabe(at)kikini(dot)com> wrote:
>> There was a change in 9.0.2 to use libedit instead of readline for
>> this (readline is GPL, which is not acceptable to some people who wish
>> to use Postgres in other products). One of my colleagues has tested
>> the issue reported and confirmed that installing the OS's termcap
>> package should solve the problem.
>
> Ubuntu doesn't seem to use termcap, an apt-cache search for termcap
> turns up nothing relevant. I did some searching and the closest
> suggestion I could find was to install libncurses5-dev, but this
> didn't help. Can you suggest that the appropriate package to install
> on Ubuntu?
Hmm, good question. Let me ask my colleague and get back to you.
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