Re: Unable to find the Ncurses libraries
On 26-Feb-2002 Bill Moseley wrote:
> I hate using up my kernel building help chips for this, but...
>
> moseley@bumby:/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/kernel-source-2.4.17/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/kernel-source-2.4.17/scripts/lxdialog'
> make: *** [menuconfig] Error 2
>
>
> moseley@bumby:/usr/src/linux$ ll /lib/libncur*
> lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 17 Feb 21 21:18
> /lib/libncurses.so.5 -> libncurses.so.5.2
> -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 248132 Feb 19 14:32
> /lib/libncurses.so.5.2
>
a) apt-get install kernel-package, read, and enjoy
b) apt-get install libncurses-dev
Debian splits the headers into -dev (development) packages because most users
do not need them. This cuts down on downloads and on disk usage.
c) look into auto-apt (just because I like to mention the package)
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