td_lib contains common library procedures which are shared among Thomas Dickey's 'ded' and 'cm_tools' utilities, among others. Note that this is only a build-time dependency of 'ded' and 'cm_tools'. The SlackBuild will create a package for it, but you do not need to install it unless you want to. As long as the compiled source directory is alongside the 'ded' and/or 'cm_tools' directories, they will build.