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What terminal library could be used in cygwin?

I am using Cygwin to compile Vim, but the configure script tells me that there is no terminal library in the Cygwin environment. Which terminal library could be installed in Cypwin?

Solution

  • You can install ncurses in Cygwin.

    (You can also install vim; I presume you have a reason to build it from source rather than using the provided version.)

    I just installed vim 7.3 under Cygwin. Here's what I did (approximately):

    • Download vim-7.3.tar.bz2
    • tar xf vim-7.3.tar.bz2
    • cd vim73
    • ./configure --prefix=/path/to/installation/directory
    • make
    • make install