On Thu, 5 Jun 2003 05:25:01 +0200 (CEST) Roberto Sanchez <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I tried executing 'make menuconfig; in my kernel (2.4.20) source > directory on my Woody box and received this error: > > make[1]: Entering directory > `/usr/src/kernel-source-2.4.20/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-2.4.20/scripts/lxdialog' make: *** [menuconfig] > Error 2 > > However, 'locate ncurses' show this at the top of the list: > > /lib/libncurses.so.5 > /lib/libncurses.so.5.2 > > and 'apt-show-versions |grep ncurses' shows this: > > ncurses-term/stable uptodate 5.2.20020112a-7 > ncurses-bin/stable uptodate 5.2.20020112a-7 > libncurses5/stable uptodate 5.2.20020112a-7 > ncurses-base/stable uptodate 5.2.20020112a-7 > > Any ideas on what is going on here?
Yeah. Take a look at: http://newbiedoc.sourceforge.net/system/kernel-pkg.html section 2.2. It's the *development* library package that you need, I think. -c -- Chris Metzler [EMAIL PROTECTED] (remove "snip-me." to email) "As a child I understood how to give; I have forgotten this grace since I have become civilized." - Chief Luther Standing Bear -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]