On Wed, Dec 3, 2008 at 12:43 PM, Du Zhongdong <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Hi, all. > > I've setup gentoo on my Vmware, everything's ok. > Now I want to re-check my kernel config, > > #cd /usr/src/linux > [Wed Dec 03, 11:38 AM] axdu@ linux$ make menuconfig > *** Unable to find the ncurses libraries or the > *** required header files. > *** 'make menuconfig' requires the ncurses libraries. > *** > *** Install ncurses (ncurses-devel) and try again. > *** > make[1]: *** [scripts/kconfig/dochecklxdialog] Error 1 > make: *** [menuconfig] Error 2 > > I try to emerge ncurses-devel but emerge says: > [Wed Dec 03, 11:40 AM] axdu@ linux$ sudo emerge ncurses-devel > Calculating dependencies | > emerge: there are no ebuilds to satisfy "ncurses-devel". > > what's the problem with ncurses-devel? if there's no such thing in > GENTOO_MIRRORS, where can I download the source? > > thanks in advance >
That message is a menuconfig error, it's not from gentoo, which is why the name is different. You just need to install sys-libs/ncurses.
