I was hesitant to answer because I figured you must know what libcurses is. And yet still I misinterpreted it. Know nothing about SUSE. Sorry. In the same vein... I have a new MacAir. Because they are sweet. I was thinking of installing Linux (Debian, Fedora, and/or CENTOS) from a Live stick to a USB3 drive so I can use it for dev. Caveats? On Mon, Aug 12, 2013 at 12:56 PM, Rob Echlin <rob [ at ] echlin [ dot ] ca> wrote: > Hi Rick, > Sorry, I was even less clear than normal in what I meant. > > What I am trying to run is the installer to install SUSE onto my hard > drive. > That's the app I don't know the name of. > Some menu systems allow you to right click on a menu entry and read it or > even edit it. > Not this one. > If I know the name I can run it from the command line, as root. > > I also noticed that other things don't run because they can't find GTK-GUI. > > CLI mode may have failed because there is no terminal running when you run > an app by clicking on its icon. > At least that's what I think it means when it says "Ncurses selected but > no terminal available". > > Does anyone know what the name of the application is in SUSE that installs > SUSE onto the hard disk from a Live USB stick? > Did anyone else try to install from the usb sticks that Sean Rickerd > provided at the meeting last Tuesday? > > -- > Rob Echlin, B. Eng. > 613-266-8311 - Ottawa, ON > http://talksoftware.wordpress.com - > http://picasaweb.google.com/coderoller > > ------------------------------ > *From:* Rick <graham [ dot ] rick [ at ] gmail [ dot ] com> > *To:* Rob Echlin <rob [ at ] echlin [ dot ] ca> > *Cc:* "linux [ at ] lists [ dot ] oclug [ dot ] on [ dot ] ca" <linux [ at ] lists [ dot ] oclug [ dot ] on [ dot ] ca> > *Sent:* Monday, August 12, 2013 12:03:55 PM > *Subject:* Re: [OCLUG-Tech] Troubles installing with Suse USB stick > > Curses is a terminal library that adds ansi cursor movement, I believe > ncurses extends it to add colour. > > It's not a program. > > it relies on terminfo or termcap to give it the metrics to manipulate the > cursor and text in your terminal. > > > On Sun, Aug 11, 2013 at 10:10 PM, Rob Echlin <rob [ at ] echlin [ dot ] ca> wrote: > > Hi > When I run things from the live CD, I get an error: > "GTK GUI wanted but not found" > ... > "Ncurses selected but no terminal available" > > > I'm guessing that GTK could not run for some reason to give you a gui, CL > mode is the failover and then that bombed too because ncurses is not happy. > > Maybe terminfo is not correct? I don't think that has ever happened to > me. There are zillions of terminfo definitions, but only 2 or 3 are used > much. Don't know where it is set. > > Prolly try getting teh gui to work first. > > > I can't figure out how to run it from the command line - no idea what it > is called. > > Suggestions? > Thanks! > Rob > > -- > Rob Echlin, B. Eng. > 613-266-8311 - Ottawa, ON > http://talksoftware.wordpress.com - > http://picasaweb.google.com/coderoller > _______________________________________________ > Linux mailing list > Linux [ at ] lists [ dot ] oclug [ dot ] on [ dot ] ca > http://oclug.on.ca/mailman/listinfo/linux > > > > > -- > *Once ... in the wilds of Afghanistan, I lost my corkscrew, and we were > forced to live on nothing but food and water for days. > -- W. C. Fields* > > > > -- *Once ... in the wilds of Afghanistan, I lost my corkscrew, and we were forced to live on nothing but food and water for days. -- W. C. Fields*