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I installed a debian system.
Then I tried to install emacs from a tar.gz - I did the standard install,
the only parameter i gave was '--with-x=no'.
When I tried to run emacs it told me that it couldn't find the termcap
database.
I tried to do some troubleshooting and found out about the TERM variable.
I checked out the TERM variable on my RH system, saw it was vt320 so I set
TERM on my debian system to vt320.
Then I started getting the error 'vt320: unknown terminal type' when I tried
to run vi, emacs, or even a 'clear'.
So then I tried to undo what I had done with 'unset TERM' and TERM="", to no
avail, then I got ' : unknown terminal type' .
Meanwhile i found out I am supposed to have an /etc/termcap file on the
debian system but it wasn't there, so I copied the one from my RH system.
This stopped emacs from complaining about the lack of a termcap database.
So in conclusion - right now emacs runs if variable TERM is set to 'vt320',
but vi and 'clear' complain about an unknow terminal type.
So by this point it should be clear that I am clueless. Can anyone
enlighten me or point me somewhere?
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