Date: Wed, 12 Jul 2017 18:31:28 +0200 From: Polytropon <freebsd@edvax.de> To: Anton Shterenlikht <as@cmplx.uk> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Error opening terminal: xterm Message-ID: <20170712183128.9cb516c9.freebsd@edvax.de> In-Reply-To: <201707121549.v6CFnHQq053001@jail0199.vps.exonetric.net> References: <201707121549.v6CFnHQq053001@jail0199.vps.exonetric.net>
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On Wed, 12 Jul 2017 15:49:17 GMT, Anton Shterenlikht wrote:
> I'm trying to use ports-mgmt/synth.
> I get:
>
> # synth build net/mpich
> Error opening terminal: xterm.
Is the "xterm" program installed on your machine?
Yes, I know, stupid question, but might be relevant. ;-)
> John Marino replied on github this is nothing
> to do with synth but rather some misconfig on
> my box. He mentioned termcap.
>
> As far as I can see my /etc/termcap.small is
> the default version.
Terminal emulators usually have a built-in "sane default"
in case of problems with termcap or terminfo. The error
message doesn't really look like something termcap-related,
it's just that there is no indication of _what_ is the
problem.
> Anybody has a suggestion?
Can you manually start xterm? From within an xterm (or
whatever terminal emulator you are using)?
Maybe the port in question expects /usr/bin/xterm to be
the executable ("hardcoded Linuxism")?
--
Polytropon
Magdeburg, Germany
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