Currently ncurses isn't in base : Package: ncurses-runtime Priority: standard Section: devel Will it be in base or should every program that uses ncurses depend on ncurses-runtime ? /usr/doc/copyright/ncurses-runtime says: NOTE: The ncurses package is split into two parts: ncurses-runtime, and ncurses-developer. All systems should have ncurses-runtime installed. Sven -- Sven Rudolph (sr1@inf.tu-dresden.de); WWW : http://www.sax.de/~sr1/