Re: libcurses/libncurses problem
I had libcurses problems when I tried to compile an application
(pine 4.31 I think, can't remember). What I had to do was:
cd /lib
ln -sf libncurses.so.5.0 libncurses
The compile/link was looking for "libncurses" and there was
none. The symb link created by the above ln command worked.
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Christopher W. Aiken, Scenery Hill, Pa, USA
chris at cwaiken dot com, www.cwaiken.com
Current O/S: Debian GNU/Linux 2.2_r2
On 10 Jan 2001, Giulio Morgan wrote:
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-|I believe I have a problem in my libcurses/libncurses configuration. I have a
-|woody system, upgraded to from potatoo, upgraded to from slink. Following is my
-|directory structure showing the relevant files.
-|
-|from /lib
-| lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 18 Aug 26 1999 libcurses.so.1 -> libcurses.so.1.0.0
-| -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 52641 May 18 1995 libcurses.so.1.0.0xo
-| lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 19 Jul 5 2000 libtermcap.so.2 -> libtermcap.so.2.0.8
-| -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 10500 Feb 3 2000 libtermcap.so.2.0.8
-| -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 242644 Oct 30 1998 libncurses.so.3.4
-| lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 17 May 27 2000 libncurses.so.4 -> libncurses.so.4.2
-| -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 238700 Mar 5 2000 libncurses.so.4.2
-| lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 17 Nov 27 08:26 libncurses.so.5 -> libncurses.so.5.0
-|
-|-----
-|from /usr/lib
-| lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 12 Jul 5 2000 libcurses.a -> libncurses.a
-| lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 13 Jul 5 2000 libcurses.so -> libncurses.so
-| lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 20 Nov 25 22:59 libcurses.so.1 -> /lib/libncurses.so.5
-| -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 372674 Mar 5 2000 libncurses.a
-| lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 20 Jul 5 2000 libncurses.so -> /lib/libncurses.so.4
-|
-|I think this is wrong because I am not able to launch an application (octree -
-|cad program) which I know works for other debian users, and which I believe to
-|be properly installed on my system.
-|
-|If someone can suggest simply how to modify by hand the files, I would
-|appreciate it. Otherwise, Should I
-| apt-get -purge remove ncurses-base ncurses-bin ncurse-term, and then
-| apt-get install those same packages
-|
-|Any help much appreciated.
-|
-|--
-|Giulio Morgan
-|mickle@panix.com
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