Re: compiling & installing kernels
On Tue, Apr 15, 2003 at 01:27:28PM +1000, ben wrote:
> I am attempting to install a new kernel into my debian woody when I run
> make menuconfig i get this:
...
> >>Unable to find the Ncurses libraries.
> >>
> >>You must have Ncurses installed in order
> >>to use 'make menuconfig'
...
> how do i go about installing Ncurses? I have tried apt-get but Ncurses
> doesn't seem to exist.
mjb@bofh:~> apt-cache show kernel-source-2.4.20 | grep Suggest
Suggests: libncurses-dev | ncurses-dev, kernel-package
try libncurses-dev.
> Xlib: connection to ":0.0" refused by server
> Xlib: No protocol specified
You need to allow the user running that to access your X server. root I
imagine.
easy: as your uid - 'xhost +localhost'
better: as root, 'ln -sf ~youruid/.Xauthority ~'
Mike.
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