On Wed, Jun 25, 2003 at 03:49:12PM -0300, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Greetings! > I am trying to recompile my kernel on a freshly installed machine, and got into > a problem: when I try to go for 'make manuconfig', here's what happens: > > --- > hermes:/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-2.4.18/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 > hermes:/usr/src/linux# > --- > > However, I *do* have libncurses5 installed, as well as every other packages > which matched a search for ncurses on my dselect. My sources for apt are set as > the 7 binary CDs, and the ftp.us.debian.org site. > [quote] > The include files for ncurses are located in the package "ncurses-devel". > The kernel requires specifically /usr/include/ncurses.h. > [/quote] > > Even then, I cannot find the ncurses-devel package in dselect, nor on debian's > FTP site. > If it's not the ncurses-devel package that is missing, what could it be?
on debian the package is called "libncurses5-dev" (easy to find with apt-cache search ncurses | grep dev best, matt -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]