making a new kernel

[Bret Comstock Waldow <bwaldow@alum.mit.edu>]

Hi,

I'm trying to upgrade to a recent kernel, and I'm running into an odd
problem.

When I try to run 'make xconfig' I receive this output:


ganesha:/usr/src/linux# make xconfig
rm -f include/asm
( cd include ; ln -sf asm-i386 asm)
make -C scripts kconfig.tk
make[1]: Entering directory `/usr/src/linux-2.4.20/scripts'
cat header.tk >> ./kconfig.tk
./tkparse < ../arch/i386/config.in >> kconfig.tk
echo "set defaults \"arch/i386/defconfig\"" >> kconfig.tk
echo "set ARCH \"i386\"" >> kconfig.tk
cat tail.tk >> kconfig.tk
chmod 755 kconfig.tk
make[1]: Leaving directory `/usr/src/linux-2.4.20/scripts'
wish -f scripts/kconfig.tk
make: wish: Command not found
make: *** [xconfig] Error 127
ganesha:/usr/src/linux# 

"wish"?

When I try 'make menuconfig' I receive this output:

ganesha:/usr/src/linux# make menuconfig
rm -f include/asm
( cd include ; ln -sf asm-i386 asm)
make -C scripts/lxdialog all
make[1]: Entering directory `/usr/src/linux-2.4.20/scripts/lxdialog'
/usr/bin/ld: cannot find -lncurses
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-2.4.20/scripts/lxdialog'
make: *** [menuconfig] Error 2
ganesha:/usr/src/linux# 

However, dselect says ncurses-bin is indeed installed.  Can anyone
suggest what I might fix or do to correct this?

Thanks,
Bret