[bash] error : trouble reading termcap after installing some ports

[Greg Shenaut]

You could try "sudo touch /etc/termcap" and see what happens  
(assuming you don't actually have one).

Greg Shenaut

On May 29, 2007, at 1:22 PM, Bill Hernandez wrote:

> All,
>
> I installed a number of items with MacPorts after doing a clean  
> install on my workstation, and everything has gone very well so far.
>
> After installing all the ports listed below, I have run into an  
> error every time I use the Terminal (bash).
>
> The error message is : "trouble reading termcap" which I have  
> googled, without much solid luck.
>
> Any ideas how I can fix this error message ?
>
> Best Regards,
>
> Bill Hernandez
> Plano, Texas
>
> I will post some info in reference to how well the install went,  
> and some minor points I ran into. Hopefully I will get my website  
> up and going again, but I am still fiddling with my network and my  
> new firewall and trying to re-configure apache to work correctly  
> with ip based virtual hosting and ssl, pgsql and mysql, and trying  
> to get vpn working on my new SonicWall TZ 180 Wireless. My  
> SonicWall experience has been quite a trip. When I was trying to  
> get pre-sales info from  a number of sources I was substantially  
> misled ( I don't think it was intentional, I just think there are  
> so many options available that it's hard to figure out exactly what  
> options are really included with each variation of packages vs what  
> options you need, or want), in terms of the hardware requirements,  
> what software/capability, what licensing options, etc. I thought I  
> might document all this in case it might help someone else...
>
> Anyway, back to MacPorts, the primary ports I wanted were :
>
>   apache2 @2.2.4_0+openldap (active)
>   php5 @5.2.2_0+apache2+darwin_8+fastcgi+macosx+mysql5+pear 
> +postgresql+sqlite (active)
>   postgresql82 @8.2.4_0+darwin_8 (active)
>   mysql5 @5.0.41_0+darwin_8+server (active)
>
>
> [2007.29.05](02:59PM) -> [username] ~ $ port installed
> The following ports are currently installed:
>   apache2 @2.2.4_0+openldap (active)
>   apr @1.2.8_0 (active)
>   apr-util @1.2.8_2+openldap (active)
>   bison @2.3_0 (active)
>   curl @7.16.2_0+darwin_8 (active)
>   cyrus-sasl2 @2.1.21_0 (active)
>   db4 @4.3.29_1+darwin_8 (active)
>   db44 @4.4.20_1+darwin_8 (active)
>   expat @2.0.0_1 (active)
>   fontconfig @2.4.2_0+macosx (active)
>   freetype @2.3.4_0 (active)
>   gd2 @2.0.34_0 (active)
>   gettext @0.16.1_0 (active)
>   jpeg @6b_1 (active)
>   libiconv @1.11_4+darwin_8 (active)
>   libmcrypt @2.5.8_0+darwin_8 (active)
>   libpng @1.2.18_0+darwin_8 (active)
>   libxml2 @2.6.28_0 (active)
>   libxslt @1.1.20_0 (active)
>   m4 @1.4.9_0 (active)
>   mhash @0.9.9_0+darwin_8 (active)
>   mysql5 @5.0.41_0+darwin_8+server (active)
>   ncurses @5.6_0+darwin_8 (active)
>   ncursesw @5.6_0+darwin_8 (active)
>   openldap @2.3.35_0 (active)
>   openssl @0.9.8e_0+darwin_8 (active)
>   pcre @7.1_0 (active)
>   perl5.8 @5.8.8_0+darwin_8 (active)
>   php5 @5.2.2_0+apache2+darwin_8+fastcgi+macosx+mysql5+pear 
> +postgresql+sqlite (active)
>   pkgconfig @0.21_0 (active)
>   postgresql82 @8.2.4_0+darwin_8 (active)
>   readline @5.2.001_0 (active)
>   rpl @1.4.0_0 (active)
>   sqlite3 @3.3.17_0+darwin_8 (active)
>   tiff @3.8.2_0+darwin_8 (active)
>   zlib @1.2.3_1 (active)
> [2007.29.05](02:59PM) -> [username] ~ $
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