This package requires at least perl5.005.  You're on your own before
then.

1) Make sure perl has been built.  Unpack "Curses-1.06.tar.gz".

     gunzip -c Curses-1.06.tar.gz | tar xvf -

2) Chdir to the "Curses" directory.

     cd Curses-1.06

3) Want to see if maybe the package can autoconfigure itself?  It's
   pretty dumb about it, but give it a try and skip to (4.5).

4) Look in the "hints" directory to see if any of the hint files are
   appropriate to your machine's OS.  If so, symlink or copy it to the
   file "c-config.h" in the current ("Curses") directory.  If not,
   copy "hints/c-none.h" to "c-config.h" in the current directory.
   Then edit "c-config.h" and follow the directions.  If you have to
   "roll your own", be sure and save a copy.  A "make clean" will
   delete "c-config.h".  If you "rolled your own", please send me a
   copy so I can include it in future distributions (see
   "hints/c-isc.h" for an example of a user-contributed "c-config.h").

   Edit "Makefile.PL" and pick or add the appropriate options.

4.5)

   If you want panel support (from libpanel), you can either skip back
   to (4) and add the appropriate flags, or give auto-configure a
   whirl, by appending "PANELS":

     perl Makefile.PL PANELS

   NOTE: You must have a panel library for this to work.  This doesn't
   create the functions; it only enables them.  Enabling PANELS
   support without a panel library is the surest way to keep this
   package from compiling.

   Currently, panel support is not available for the BSD versions of
   the hints file (c-*.bsd.h), because I'm not aware of any panel
   libraries for BSD curses.

4.6)

   If you want menu support (from libmenu), you can either skip back
   to (4) and add the appropriate flags, or give auto-configure a
   whirl, by appending "MENUS":

     perl Makefile.PL MENUS

   NOTE: You must have a menu library for this to work.  This doesn't
   create the functions; it only enables them.  Enabling MENUS support
   without a menu library is the surest way to keep this package from
   compiling.

   Currently, menu support is not available for the BSD versions of
   the hints file (c-*.bsd.h), because I'm not aware of any menu
   libraries for BSD curses.

4.7)

   If you want form support (from libform), you can either skip back
   to (4) and add the appropriate flags, or give auto-configure a
   whirl, by appending "FORMS":

     perl Makefile.PL FORMS

   NOTE: You must have a form library for this to work.  This doesn't
   create the functions; it only enables them.  Enabling FORMS support
   without a form library is the surest way to keep this package from
   compiling.

   Currently, form support is not available for the BSD versions of
   the hints file (c-*.bsd.h), because I'm not aware of any form
   libraries for BSD curses.

5) perl Makefile.PL [PANELS] [MENUS] [FORMS]  [options]

   This package needs the perl header files.  If you've already
   installed perl, the "Makefile.PL" will magically know where they
   are.  If you haven't installed perl, you may need to tell the
   "Makefile.PL" where the header files are.  You can do this with the
   "PERL_SRC=<source directory>" option.

     perl Makefile.PL PERL_SRC=/local/src/perl

   The "Makefile.PL", along with just about every other perl module,
   uses the "ExtUtils::MakeMaker" package to generate the "Makefile".
   I highly recommend reading the "ExtUtils::MakeMaker" man page, as
   there are lots of neat options you can specify.

   If the "Makefile.PL" tells you that it can't do something (it
   prints out "I'm sorry" and some more stuff), then you'll need to go
   back to step (4) and try configuring by hand.

6) make

   `make' will first run a perl script called `test.syms' that
   generates the file "CursesDef.h".  It should do a pretty good job,
   but if you find that it isn't picking up the correct values, you
   can edit "CursesDef.h" by hand and follow the directions.  If you
   have to "roll your own", be sure and save a copy.  A "make clean"
   will delete "CursesDef.h".

   `make' will then try to compile "Curses.c".  If you get any
   undefined curses symbols, it means that your curses really doesn't
   have those functions, and you should edit "CursesDef.h" and/or
   "c-config.h" and change the #define to #undef for that function.

   If you get other compile errors, it is probably because the curses
   include file and the perl include files are conflicting.  You'll
   have to figure out what's wrong and add proper C code to
   "c-config.h".  See "hints/c-sunos.sysv.h" for an example of how to
   do this.

7) Optionally test the distribution:

   perl demo
   perl gdc
   perl demo2       [stuff that has a 50/50 chance of showing up right]
   perl demo.panel  [if you enabled panel support]
   perl demo.menu   [if you enabled menu support]
   perl demo.form   [if you enabled form support]

   "gdc" is a digital clock ported from the "ncurses" distribution.

   As mentioned in the "README", the demo is not intended to be an
   exhaustive test of all the possible Curses functions.  If it
   doesn't do all the functions correctly, it may be a Curses bug or
   it may be a problem with your system's "libcurses.a".  There's no
   getting around the fact that you need to be conversant in how your
   system's "libcurses.a" works to be able to use Curses most
   effectively.

   For "demo", you can try:

   make cdemo

   This will try to compile a pure-C version of the "demo".  If you
   see the same errors in it that you see in "demo", it means there's
   a bug in your libcurses.
   
8) Doing a :

   make install

   will install everything in the "standard" perl places, just like
   stuff from the base perl distribution.

9) Enjoy!

   If your enjoyment is ruined (:-) because the module doesn't work
   right, peruse the Curses pod document (located at the end of
   "Curses.pm") for incompatibilities with other Perl programs.  Also
   check the end of the "README" for problems that may exist for your
   particular libcurses.a or operating system.