Install ncurses on Solaris 10 and 11:

pkgadd -d http://get.opencsw.org/now
/opt/csw/bin/pkgutil -U
/opt/csw/bin/pkgutil -y -i ncurses 
/usr/sbin/pkgchk -L CSWncurses # list files

See also: Getting started with OpenCSW

Package details

Catalognamencurses
SVR4 package nameCSWncurses
DescriptionA free software emulation of curses
Version6.5,REV=2025.09.20
Source URL http://www.gnu.org/software/ncurses/ncurses.html
Package Sources csw/mgar/pkg/ncurses/trunk/Makefile (SourceForge, OpenGrok)
QA pageGo to ncurses QA page
Last Uploaded ByDagobert Michelsen
Contact maintainer
Bugtracker View bugs about ncurses
View files in package

Dependencies ( 6 )

Oracle / Sun Solaris SUNW packages not shown.

Software nameDescription
commoncommon files and dirs for CSW packages
libncurses5A free software emulation of curses, libncurses.so.5
libncursesw6A free software emulation of curses, libncursesw.so.6
libpanel5A free software emulation of curses, libpanel.so.5
libpanelw5A free software emulation of curses, libpanelw.so.5
terminfoDatabase of terminal information, part of ncurses

Reverse dependencies ( 10 )

Reverse dependencies are Solaris packages that depends on ncurses.

Software nameDescription
bmonbandwidth monitor
clispAn ANSI Common Lisp implementation
libgettextlib0_17GNU locale utilities, libgettextlib-0.17.so
libgettextlib0_18_1GNU locale utilities, libgettextlib-0.18.1.so GNU locale utilities, libgettextlib-0.18.1.so
libgettextsrc0_18_1GNU locale utilities, libgettextsrc-0.18.1.so
mtrCombined traceroute and ping utility (CLI only)
mtr_x11Combined traceroute and ping utility (GUI version)
ncmpcncurses client for controlling Music Player Daemons (MPD)
sqliteAn embeddable SQL engine in a C library
watchWatch a program output change over time

Libraries dependencies ( 0 )

The following tables display the sub list of packages, from the reverse dependencies, that depends on the libs provided by ncurses.

DependencySoftware name