This is what I get when I try to install libncurses-dev
kold:~# aptitude install libncurses-dev
Reading Package Lists... Done
Building Dependency Tree
Reading extended state information
Initializing package states... Done
Reading task descriptions... Done
Note: selecting "libncurses5-dev" instead of the
virtual package "libncurses-dev"
The following NEW packages will be automatically installed:
tzdata
The following packages will be automatically REMOVED:
kernel-image-2.4.27-3-386
The following packages have been kept back: