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+#!/bin/bash
+FILE=/lib/libncursest.so
+work_dir="${PWD}"
+cores="$(nproc)"
+curses_url="https://github.com/wmcbrine/PDCurses.git"
+        mkdir pdcurses
+        git clone "${curses_url}" pdcurses
+        echo "Fetched pdcurses source code from ${curses_url}..."
+        cd pdcurses/sdl2 || exit
+        echo "Running make..."         
+        make -j"${cores}" > /dev/null
+	echo "PDCurses has been compiled, and will be linked statically."
+
+#	cd lib || exit
+#	FILE=libncursest.so.?.?
+	
+#	if ls /lib/${FILE} 1> /dev/null 2>&1 ; then
+#		echo "You have a version of ncurses that was identical to the one that was compiled."
+#		echo " Quitting..."
+#		exit
+#	else
+#		echo "You have a different version of ncurses than the one that was just compiled."
+#		read -p "Would you like to install the new version? [y/N] " userchoice
+#
+#
+#		if [ "$userchoice" = "Y" ]; then
+#			echo "The program will now attempt to install the new version of ncurses (the one that was just compiled). In order to do this, the sudo password is required."
+#			echo "Installing the new version of ncurses..."
+#			sudo make install
+#			echo "The new version has been installed. The program will now quit."
+#			echo "Quitting..."
+#			exit
+#
+#		else
+#			echo "You chose to not install the new ncurses version. This program will now quit."
+#			echo "Quitting..."
+#			exit			
+#		fi
+#	fi