Error opening terminal

[aaronlake]

I'm unable to open hacker_term on OS X using iTerm2/Terminal.app:

% hacker_term
Error opening terminal: xterm-256color.
% TERM=xterm hacker_term
Error opening terminal: xterm.
% env
PATH=/Users/alake/.rvm/gems/ruby-1.9.3-p327/bin:/Users/alake/.rvm/gems/ruby-1.9.3-p327@global/bin:/Users/alake/.rvm/rubies/ruby-1.9.3-p327/bin:/Users/alake/.rvm/bin:/usr/local/opt/coreutils/libexec/gnubin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/bin:/bin:/usr/sbin:/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/bin:/bin:/usr/sbin:/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/Users/alake/.rvm/bin
TMPDIR=/var/folders/ps/vpt_m9rj6tnbc2h8z7vyb3h40000gn/T/
SHELL=/bin/zsh
HOME=/Users/alake
USER=alake
LOGNAME=alake
SSH_AUTH_SOCK=/tmp/launch-rQvB43/Listeners
Apple_Ubiquity_Message=/tmp/launch-1G7RFZ/Apple_Ubiquity_Message
Apple_PubSub_Socket_Render=/tmp/launch-5xgia3/Render
__CF_USER_TEXT_ENCODING=0x1F5:0:0
COMMAND_MODE=unix2003
TERM_PROGRAM=iTerm.app
LANG=en_US.UTF-8
PWD=/Users/alake
ITERM_PROFILE=Default
TERM=xterm-256color
ITERM_SESSION_ID=w0t2p0
SHLVL=1
OLDPWD=/Users/alake
GREP_OPTIONS=--color=auto
GREP_COLOR=1;32
PAGER=less
LESS=-R
LC_CTYPE=en_US.UTF-8
LSCOLORS=Gxfxcxdxbxegedabagacad
rvm_prefix=/Users/alake
rvm_path=/Users/alake/.rvm
__array_start=1
rvm_bin_path=/Users/alake/.rvm/bin
escape_flag=1
_first=1
_second=2
rvm_version=1.17.3 (master)
rvm_env_string=ruby-1.9.3-p327
rvm_ruby_string=ruby-1.9.3-p327
RUBY_VERSION=ruby-1.9.3-p327
GEM_HOME=/Users/alake/.rvm/gems/ruby-1.9.3-p327
GEM_PATH=/Users/alake/.rvm/gems/ruby-1.9.3-p327:/Users/alake/.rvm/gems/ruby-1.9.3-    p327@global
MY_RUBY_HOME=/Users/alake/.rvm/rubies/ruby-1.9.3-p327
IRBRC=/Users/alake/.rvm/rubies/ruby-1.9.3-p327/.irbrc
EDITOR=vim
_=/usr/local/opt/coreutils/libexec/gnubin/env

[ciaranarcher]

Hi - can't reproduce with my iTerm2. Perhaps others more savvy with the shell can help?