glfs/general/sysutils/gpm/gpm-inst.xml

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<title>Installation of gpm</title>

<para>Install gpm by running the following commands:</para>

<note><para>The LDFLAGS environment variable must be set before
    configuring gpm.</para></note>
    
<para><screen><userinput>LDFLAGS="-lm" ./configure --prefix=/usr &amp;&amp;
make &amp;&amp;
make install</userinput></screen></para>
</sect2>


<sect2>
<title>Command explanations</title>

<para><userinput>export LDFLAGS="-lm": </userinput>The math library
 must be linked with gpm, as ceil() is used in some cursor scrolling
 logic. LDFLAGS is only needed if you optimize gpm for size.</para>

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