Error opening terminal : Xterm

mcs_o8_01 · 07-16-2010, 10:04 PM

hi there
i am new in Linux,i build nano editor on Linux,it compile successfully but when i open in terminal then error displays "Error opening terminal : Xterm" while nano help is running successfully,i am confused what is wrong

allanf · 07-16-2010, 10:12 PM

The terminal is, xterm, which is not installed by default in several of the Linux distributions (as it does not have a menu bar nor tabs).

mcs_o8_01 · 07-17-2010, 12:20 AM

hi there
Xterm is installed in my liunux

mcs_o8_01 · 07-17-2010, 03:09 AM

hi there
i am new in Linux i compiled nano editor,it compiled successfully but when open in terminal then following error displays
Error opening terminal : Xterm
i am confused what was wrong, Linux has x terminal

bathory · 07-17-2010, 10:25 AM

Hi,

What is the output of

Code:

echo $TERM

If it's Xterm and not xterm, run

Code:

export TERM=xterm

to set it to xterm

Regards

MTK358 · 07-17-2010, 05:38 PM

It's "xterm", not "Xterm". Linux is case sensitive.

mcs_o8_01 · 07-17-2010, 09:52 PM

hi there
i am new in Linux,i build nano editor on Linux,it compile successfully but when i open in terminal then error displays "Error opening terminal : xterm" while nano help is running successfully,i am confused what is wrong
nano help is open in terminal,help me plzzzzzzzzzzzzzz

mcs_o8_01 · 07-18-2010, 12:34 AM

Thanks for Reply
out put of echo $TERM is xterm
xterm is installed and i have run
export $TERM=xterm
but the error is remain same as
Error opening terminal : xterm

bathory · 07-18-2010, 03:08 AM

Quote:

export $TERM=xterm

If the above is not a typo it's wrong.
The correct command is:

Code:

export TERM=xterm

Anyway you might take a look at post #10 of this thread here at LQ.
May I ask why you compiled nano from source and what distro are you using?

MTK358 · 07-18-2010, 07:12 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by mcs_o8_01

hi there
i am new in Linux i compiled nano editor,it compiled successfully but when open in terminal then following error displays
Error opening terminal : Xterm
i am confused what was wrong, Linux has x terminal

What Linux distro are you using? What desktop does it have?

Why aren't you running nano from within a terminal the way it's supposed to?

MTK358 · 07-18-2010, 07:18 AM

What distro and desktop are you using?

Why aren't you starting nano from a terminal like it's supposed to?

And please stick to one thread. I don't want to retype my replies in both.

knudfl · 07-18-2010, 11:15 AM

It is not quite clear, how you are trying to start nano.

If any doubt, please use : 'xterm -e nano'

And if you do that in CLI, there is of course no xterm,
as xterm requires X to run.
..

mcs_o8_01 · 07-19-2010, 12:21 AM

hi there
after run
xterm -e nano
then displays "warning: locale supported by C library, locale unchanged

knudfl · 07-19-2010, 12:38 AM

""warning: locale supported by C library, locale unchanged""

"warning" usually means : This is an information.

( A warning is not an error ! ).
.

mcs_o8_01 · 07-19-2010, 01:02 AM

but nano editor is not til open