Kernel config: make menuconfig: cannot find ncurses

[Daniel Toffetti <dtoffe@softhome.net>]

Hi all !

I'm trying to compile a new (2.4.13) kernel on an old 486 box. When I 
try to configure it with "make menuconfig" I get the following error:

===== Start of the error message =====
rm -f include/asm 
( cd include ; ln -sf asm-i386 asm) 
make -C scripts/lxdialog all 
make[1]: Entering directory `/usr/src/linux/scripts/lxdialog' 
/usr/bin/ld: cannot find -Incurses
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/scripts/lxdialog' 
make: *** [menuconfig] Error 2
===== End of the error message =====

So, 'make menuconfig' claims that ncurses is not installed.
Searching for 'ncurses' in dselect shows that libncurses5, 
ncurses-base, ncurses-bin and ncurses-term are installed. 
libncurses5-dev and libncurses5-dbg are not installed.

The box is a recent potato installation upgraded to woody, running as a 
proxy. This is the first time I try to compile the kernel on this 
machine, and I never had problems compiling the kernel before on other 
boxes. I use kernel-package.

Any help on this ??  Thanks in advance !!

Daniel
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