Micro: Terminal entry not found

[ghost]

I just tested the linux64 binary of the last release on Alpine Linux Vanilla, with st installed and TERM=st-256color. Micro complains with the error in the title. The workaround is setting TERM=xterm-256color before launching micro.

More details on #1077, where I thought it was an issue of outdated micro, but even with the newest release the error persists.

[zyedidia]

If you are using micro 1.4.0, micro should read the terminfo entry with infocmp. Are you using a prebuilt binary or did you build from source?

[Jipok]

I have a similar problem. The package is installed from AUR

[~]$ micro -version                                                                                                             *[master]
Version: 1.4.0
Commit hash: af520cf
Compiled on January 26, 2018
[~]$ micro                                                                                                                      *[master]
terminal entry not found
Micro does not recognize your terminal: dvtm-256color
Please go to https://github.com/zyedidia/mkinfo to read about how to fix this problem (it should be easy to fix).
[~]$ ./mkinfo_linux64                                                                                                           *[master]
./mkinfo_linux64: /usr/lib/libtinfo.so.5: no version information available (required by ./mkinfo_linux64)

UPD: micro-git(1.4.1-66) package works well, but depends on fat go

[vityavv]

@Jipok you might need to install libtinfo in order to use mkinfo to generate the information for terminal

[sum01]

Suddenly getting this issue myself. Using 1.4.1 nightly (from AUR pkg).

$TERM is xterm-termite

micro -version

Version: 1.4.1
Commit hash: 1856891
Compiled on August 11, 2018

EDIT: Bandaid fix by alias micro as mentioned in https://github.com/zyedidia/micro/issues/20#issuecomment-243279582

[jfkw]

I also see the same with micro 1.4.1 on openSUSE Tumbleweed x86_64. When launching micro with TERM=rxvt-265color, it works. With TERM=tmux-256color or TERM=kitty, I get:

terminal entry not found
Fatal: Micro could not initialize a screen.

It would help if micro would be permissive in what values of TERM it accepts. I think a list of known-good TERM values in the docs would be fine, and users with less-common TERM configurations can be advised to look there first when encountering display oddities

[MarcusE1W]

This problem is resolved for me by using the latest nightly build. Currently micro 1.4.2-dev 29

From reading some other issues as well I think that you have to use 1.4.2 or newer for some terminals like Termite, there was still some unsharpness in 1.4.1

(Archlinux / Termite)

[LunarLambda]

1.4.1 still doesn't recognize st-256color

Guess I'll give compilation from source a shot. (I have an xterm-256color but I can't use it since OBS refuses to Window capture it...)

[Danmou]

I had the same problem with kitty and micro 1.4.1-1. Upgrading to the git version (currently 1.4.2-61) fixed it.

[geirawsm]

Can confirm @Mark-Weston's first post - adding TERM=xterm-256color to my .bashrc fixed the "terminal entry not found" issue for me on 1.4.0. The error only happened when running micro in screen.