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858The terminal description used by rxvt-unicode is not as widely available 858The terminal description used by rxvt-unicode is not as widely available
859as that for xterm, or even rxvt (for which the same problem often arises). 859as that for xterm, or even rxvt (for which the same problem often arises).
860 860
861The correct solution for this problem is to install the terminfo, this can 861The correct solution for this problem is to install the terminfo, this can
862be done like this (with ncurses' infocmp and works as user and admin): 862be done by simply installing rxvt-unicode on the remote system as well
863(in case you have a nice package manager ready), or you can install the
864terminfo database manually like this (with ncurses infocmp. works as
865user and root):
863 866
864 REMOTE=remotesystem.domain 867 REMOTE=remotesystem.domain
865 infocmp rxvt-unicode | ssh $REMOTE "mkdir -p .terminfo && cat >/tmp/ti && tic /tmp/ti" 868 infocmp rxvt-unicode | ssh $REMOTE "mkdir -p .terminfo && cat >/tmp/ti && tic /tmp/ti"
866
867... or by installing rxvt-unicode normally on the remote system,
868 869
869One some systems you might need to set C<$TERMINFO> to the full path of 870One some systems you might need to set C<$TERMINFO> to the full path of
870F<$HOME/.terminfo> for this to work. 871F<$HOME/.terminfo> for this to work.
871 872
872If you cannot or do not want to do this, then you can simply set 873If you cannot or do not want to do this, then you can simply set
881 882
882 URxvt.termName: rxvt 883 URxvt.termName: rxvt
883 884
884If you don't plan to use B<rxvt> (quite common...) you could also replace 885If you don't plan to use B<rxvt> (quite common...) you could also replace
885the rxvt terminfo file with the rxvt-unicode one and use C<TERM=rxvt>. 886the rxvt terminfo file with the rxvt-unicode one and use C<TERM=rxvt>.
887
888=head3 nano fails with "Error opening terminal: rxvt-unicode"
889
890This exceptionally confusing and useless error message is printed by nano
891when it can't find the terminfo database. Nothing is wrong with your
892terminal, read the previous answer for a solution.
886 893
887=head3 C<tic> outputs some error when compiling the terminfo entry. 894=head3 C<tic> outputs some error when compiling the terminfo entry.
888 895
889Most likely it's the empty definition for C<enacs=>. Just replace it by 896Most likely it's the empty definition for C<enacs=>. Just replace it by
890C<enacs=\E[0@> and try again. 897C<enacs=\E[0@> and try again.

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