Missing Ncurses?

[Bob Hilliard <hilliard@debian.org>]

make menu-config fails with the following messages:

bob:vc-/2:kernel-source-2.4.18>sudo 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-2.4.18/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-2.4.18/scripts/lxdialog'
make: *** [menuconfig] Error 2

However, dpkg -l shows the following are installed:

bob:vc-/2:kernel-source-2.4.18>dpkg -l "*ncurse*"|grep ii
ii  libncurses4    4.2-10         Shared libraries for terminal handling
ii  libncurses5    5.2.20020112a- Shared libraries for terminal handling
ii  ncurses-base   5.2.20020112a- Descriptions of common terminal types
ii  ncurses-bin    5.2.20020112a- Terminal-related programs and man pages
ii  ncurses-term   5.2.20020112a- Additional terminal type definitions

Which `Ncurses libraries' am I missing?

Regards,

Bob
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