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Preparing to install

Before you can install XV, you'll need to have a C and Rust development environment installed first, and the ncurses headers must available.

Rust

To get a Rust development environment, follow the instructions at https://rustup.rs/.

You may have to log out of, and back in to, your computer before the cargo command is available. Or try restarting your computer if that fails.

C and ncurses

How to install a C development environment and the ncurses headers depends on your operating system and distribution.

Ubuntu Linux

• sudo apt install gcc libncursesw5-dev

Fedora

• sudo dnf install ncurses-devel

Other platforms

• Feel free to add instructions for other platforms if you have verified that they work on a fresh and clean installation.
• You might also find the Cursive installation instructions helpful: https://github.com/gyscos/Cursive/wiki/Install-ncurses