Where do I get ncurses man pages from?

Question

I can't find the ncurses man pages even after:

sudo apt-get install libncurses5-dev

score 16 · Accepted Answer · answered Oct 28 '13 at 21:33

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You have to install also ncurses-doc. To install it from terminal run the following command:

sudo apt-get install ncurses-doc

Then you can read the manual page:

man ncurses

answered Oct 28 '13 at 21:33

Radu Rădeanu

@Jake: because you, just like me, only looked up on `libncurses*` packages ;) – MestreLion Mar 11 '15 at 10:19

Braiam · Answer 2 · 2014-08-16T19:15:41.120

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You can also get the man page online:

You can also use this link to search http://manpages.ubuntu.com/cgi-bin/search.py?q=. Just add your search to the end of that address.

edited Aug 16 '14 at 19:15

answered Oct 28 '13 at 21:39

Braiam

OP didn't mention that raring was being used, it may be better to link to the search result page: http://manpages.ubuntu.com/cgi-bin/search.py?q=ncurses You can also just search using the search box (without changing URLs) – kiri Oct 29 '13 at 02:14
@minerz029 the link was intentional, since the [documentation haven't changed](http://changelogs.ubuntu.com/changelogs/pool/main/n/ncurses/ncurses_5.9-10ubuntu4/changelog) – Braiam Oct 29 '13 at 04:26
For the common case that there is a page for the name in only one section, the URL for the most current version is http://manpages.ubuntu.com/ncurses – Volker Siegel Aug 16 '14 at 18:43

score 1 · Answer 3 · edited Jun 12 '20 at 14:37

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Besides the mentioned ncurses-doc package, don't forget to install the examples!

ncurses-examples

They are priceless... installed at /usr/lib/ncurses/examples and best viewed with dwww

edited Jun 12 '20 at 14:37

Community

answered Mar 11 '15 at 10:34

MestreLion

I installed these examples but I where can I find their source code? Having the source code would be great for learning ncurses. – builder-7000 Aug 14 '18 at 21:42
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@Sergio , as with any other Debian package, source code can be found in their _source package_. Try `apt source ncurses-examples`, it will download `ncurses` source package containing all source code. Source for the examples can be found at `test/` subfolder. – MestreLion Aug 15 '18 at 08:06
Thank you, for some reason the `apt` command didn't work for me, but I installed with: `git clone https://github.com/gittup/ncurses.git` which includes the `test/` folder with the source code for the examples. – builder-7000 Aug 15 '18 at 08:34
@Sergio, maybe `apt-get source ncurses` if you're using an Ubuntu older than 16.04. Yes, cloning the upstream (original author) repository may solve your problem for `ncurses`, but a general solution for _any_ Ubuntu package is to grab the source package using `apt` – MestreLion Aug 15 '18 at 13:32