Cannot open termcap database file for emacs?

Erik_the_Red · 07-23-2005, 06:24 PM

I downloaded the *.tar.gz of emacs-21.3 and copied it from a CD to my home directory.

I did tar -xvzf emacs-21.3.tar.gz and it unzipped.

I did ./configure and there were no errors.

I did make and there were no errors; at least, none that I know of since this is my first compile from source.

I then did sudo make install and there seemed to be a "cannot open termcap database file" error.

So, I went to /usr/local/bin and typed emacs and it gave the same error.

Why can't I run emacs?

Erik_the_Red · 07-24-2005, 10:26 AM

emacs should be installed because when I type "man emacs" a manual page comes up.

Erik_the_Red · 07-24-2005, 08:13 PM

Has this never happened to anyone before while compiling emacs from source?

Erik_the_Red · 07-29-2005, 04:52 PM

Nobody has any experience with compiling emacs from source?

Erik_the_Red · 07-31-2005, 10:21 AM

Perhaps somebody can help me after I add this comment through the gnu.emacs.help usenet group.

The file "termcap.src" is in /usr/local/share/emacs/21.3/etc

Quote:

No, it's in the right format for Emacs. Just in case you want or need
some extras for Emacs in terminal you'll need to convert this
terminal's entry from TERMINFO to TERMCAP.