zsh cannot load terminal definition for xterm-256color

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Issue

  • zsh cannot load terminal definition for xterm-256color
$ zsh                                                                 
% export TERM=xterm-256color
zsh: can't find terminal definition for xterm-256color

Environment

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.8
  • zsh

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