Re: Kernel config: make menuconfig: cannot find ncurses
You'll need to install the -dev package as well, in order to use
menuconfig.
On Fri, Dec 14, 2001 at 11:26:43PM -0300, Daniel Toffetti wrote:
> Hi all !
>
> I'm trying to compile a new (2.4.13) kernel on an old 486 box. When I
> try to configure it with "make menuconfig" I get the following error:
>
> ===== Start of the error message =====
> rm -f include/asm
> ( cd include ; ln -sf asm-i386 asm)
> make -C scripts/lxdialog all
> make[1]: Entering directory `/usr/src/linux/scripts/lxdialog'
> /usr/bin/ld: cannot find -Incurses
> collect2: ld returned 1 exit status
>
> >> Unable to find the Ncurses libraries.
> >>
> >> You must have Ncurses installed in order
> >> to use 'make menuconfig'
>
> make[1]: *** [ncurses] Error 1
> make[1]: Leaving directory `/usr/src/linux/scripts/lxdialog'
> make: *** [menuconfig] Error 2
> ===== End of the error message =====
>
> So, 'make menuconfig' claims that ncurses is not installed.
> Searching for 'ncurses' in dselect shows that libncurses5,
> ncurses-base, ncurses-bin and ncurses-term are installed.
> libncurses5-dev and libncurses5-dbg are not installed.
>
> The box is a recent potato installation upgraded to woody, running as a
> proxy. This is the first time I try to compile the kernel on this
> machine, and I never had problems compiling the kernel before on other
> boxes. I use kernel-package.
>
> Any help on this ?? Thanks in advance !!
>
> Daniel
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