It would be nice if 'make menuconfig' could fail earlier or with a clearer error if curses.h is not available. The actual error is currently rather buried in a huge amount of indirect errors.
After installing libncurses-dev (Debian) everything was fine. $ make menuconfig HOSTCC scripts/kconfig/lxdialog/checklist.o In file included from scripts/kconfig/lxdialog/checklist.c:24: scripts/kconfig/lxdialog/dialog.h:32:20: error: curses.h: No such file or directory In file included from scripts/kconfig/lxdialog/checklist.c:24: scripts/kconfig/lxdialog/dialog.h:97: error: expected specifier-qualifier-list before ‘chtype’ scripts/kconfig/lxdialog/dialog.h:187: error: expected ‘)’ before ‘*’ token scripts/kconfig/lxdialog/dialog.h:194: error: expected ‘)’ before ‘*’ token scripts/kconfig/lxdialog/dialog.h:196: error: expected ‘)’ before ‘*’ token scripts/kconfig/lxdialog/dialog.h:197: error: expected ‘)’ before ‘*’ token scripts/kconfig/lxdialog/dialog.h:198: error: expected ‘)’ before ‘*’ token scripts/kconfig/lxdialog/dialog.h:199: error: expected ‘)’ before ‘*’ token scripts/kconfig/lxdialog/dialog.h:201: error: expected ‘)’ before ‘*’ token scripts/kconfig/lxdialog/checklist.c:31: error: expected ‘)’ before ‘*’ token scripts/kconfig/lxdialog/checklist.c:59: error: expected ‘)’ before ‘*’ token scripts/kconfig/lxdialog/checklist.c:95: error: expected ‘)’ before ‘*’ token scripts/kconfig/lxdialog/checklist.c: In function ‘dialog_checklist’: [another 30 or so lines with warnings/errors omitted] Cheers, FJP - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/