PREREQUISITES
To run bed you need a working linux installation, libc, libncurses, libm and libdl.
A previous release showed that  the proper working depended very much on the ncurses
version used, so I describe under which version bed is known to work.
 
LIBRARIES:
In all cases I used:
        Linux 2.0.33
        libm.so.5.0.9
        libdl.so.1.8.5
        libc.so.5.4.38
A variety of ncurses versions:
Slackware linux:
        libncurses.so.3.0:
                libncurses.so.1
                libncurses.so.1.9.9e
        libncurses.so.3.4:
                libncurses.so.1.9.9g
Debian linux:
        libncurses.so.4.2
        package: libncurses4_4_2-3.deb
        libncurses.so.4.2
Compiled from GNU source:
        libncurses.so.4.2 from ncurses-4_2_tar.gz
**Redhat:
**      libncurses.so.4.2 from ncurses-4_2-10_i386.rpm
**      PROBLEM: leaveok doesn't hide cursor!!! ***
TERMINALS:
        - linux console
        - xterm version XFree86 3.3.2.3
        - rxvt v2.4.5
        - rxvt v2.18
        - xiterm v1.0
**      - ansi_term
**      PROBLEM: When using /usr/share/terminfo/r/rxvt: takes over screen
**      attributes of previously overlapping subscreens.
TERMINFO:
In all cases I used the terminfo files supplied with the the GNU source
with /usr/share/terminfo/r/rxvt copied to /usr/share/terminfo/x/xterm.
I tried some other terminfo files, but this worked the best.
 
Installation
To install the binary distribution do:
tar -z -xf bed.?.?.?.ELF.tar.gz -C /
To install the source do :
tar -z -xf bed.?.?.?.src.tar.gz 
cd bed
make
make install

If you have any problems ask me immediately. I only have tested this program with my
own installation and when nobody tells me I will never know that there is something
wrong when using a different installation.

Jaap Korthals Altes <jkaltes@cyberbrain.com>
