Re: Problem with ncurses when making "make menuconfig"

[Pietro Cagnoni <pcagnoni@mclink.net>]

> Ricardo Diz wrote:
> 
> Hi!
> 
> I tried to config my kernel using "make menuconfig" in a console and
> it exited with
> 
>     /usr/bin/ld : cannot find -lncurses
>     collect2: ld returned 1 exit status
> 
>     >> Unable to find the Ncurses libraries
> 
> although I have ncurses installed.
> 
> I can use "make xconfig" in a X environment but I rather do it in a
> console.
> 
> I tried to reinstall ncurses (ncurses-base, ncurses-term and
> libncurses5)  with no sucess in my next attempt. What should be the
> problem?

install libncurses5-dev

pietro.