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AIX Version 4.3 Package Guide for LPP Installation

Base AIX Terminal Function Package

This package contains the terminal descriptions for various terminals. These descriptions are used by libraries such as curses to obtain information about a terminal's capabilities.

Fileset Names

bos.terminfo.rte Run-Time Environment for AIX Terminals

This fileset installs the terminfo commands, tic, captoinfo, and infocmp. These commands are installed in directory /usr/bin.

bos.terminfo.com.data Common Terminal Definitions

Contains tabset files used by terminal descriptions.

bos.terminfo.bull.data Bull Terminal Definitions
bos.terminfo.adds.data ADDS Terminal Definitions
bos.terminfo.annarbor.data Annarbor Terminal Definitions
bos.terminfo.ansi.data Amer National Stds Institute Terminal Defs
bos.terminfo.att.data AT&T Terminal Definitions
bos.terminfo.beehive.data Beehive Terminal Definitions
bos.terminfo.cdc.data Control Data Corp. Terminal Definitions
bos.terminfo.colorscan.data Datamedia Colorscan Terminal Definitions
bos.terminfo.datamedia.data Datamedia Terminal Definitions
bos.terminfo.dec.data Digital Equipment Corp. Terminal Definitions
bos.terminfo.diablo.data Generic Daisy Wheel Terminal Definitions
bos.terminfo.falco.data Falco Terminal Definitions
bos.terminfo.fortune.data Fortune Terminal Definitions
bos.terminfo.general.data General Terminal Corp. Term Definitions
bos.terminfo.hardcopy.data Hard Copy Terminals Definitions
bos.terminfo.hazeltine.data Hazeltine Terminal Definitions
bos.terminfo.hds.data Human Designed Systems Terminal Definitions
bos.terminfo.heath.data Heathkit and Zenith Terminal Definitions
bos.terminfo.homebrew.data Home-made Terminal Definitions
bos.terminfo.hp.data Hewlett Packard Terminal Definitions   
bos.terminfo.ibm.data IBM Terminal Definitions
bos.terminfo.lsi.data Lear Siegler Terminal Definitions
bos.terminfo.microterm.data MicrotermTerminal Definitions
bos.terminfo.misc.data Miscellaneous Terminal Definitions
bos.terminfo.pc.data Personal Computer Terminal Definitions
bos.terminfo.pci.data DOS Server Terminal Definitions
bos.terminfo.perkinelmer.data Perkin Elmer Terminal Definitions
bos.terminfo.pmcons.data PMAX Console Terminal Definitions
bos.terminfo.print.data Generic Line Printer Terminal Definitions
bos.terminfo.special.data Special Generic Terminal Definitions

This fileset is for special terminals such as nonprogrammable and unknown.

bos.terminfo.sperry.data SperryTerminal Definitions
bos.terminfo.tektronix.data Tektronix Terminal Definitions
bos.terminfo.teleray.data Teleray Terminal Definitions
bos.terminfo.televideo.data Televideo Terminal Definitions
bos.terminfo.ti.data Texas Instruments Terminal Definitions
bos.terminfo.tymshare.data Tymshare Terminal Definitions
bos.terminfo.visual.data Visual Terminal Definitions
bos.terminfo.wyse.data Wyse Terminal Definitions

Approximate Disk Space Required

The TERMINFO Library package requires approximately 5.3 MB of disk space.

Requisite Software

Install requisite software either before or with the filesets you are installing from this package.

All bos.terminfo.<terminal>.data filesets require that bos.terminfo.rte be installed first. If you select the bos.terminfo package or the automatic pre-req install, this is automatically done for you.

Fileset you are installing Requisite Software
Beehive Terminal Definitions Common Terminal Definitions
bos.terminfo.com.data
Digital Equipment Corp. Terminal Definitions Common Terminal Definitions
bos.terminfo.com.data
Falco Terminal Definitions Common Terminal Definitions
bos.terminfo.com.data
Sperry Terminal Definitions Common Terminal Definitions
bos.terminfo.com.data

Special Installation Notes

The binaries for the terminal descriptions are installed in the subdirectories below /usr/share/lib/terminfo. Binaries are stored in the subdirectory that matches the first character in the binaries' name. For instance, the terminal descriptions for the IBM 5151 and IBM 5154 terminals are stored in /usr/share/lib/terminfo/i.

The terminfo related commands, captoinfo, tic, and infocmp are packaged in the bos.terminfo.rte fileset and are installed in /usr/bin.

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