I get the error "ld.so.1: ./mysql: fatal: libncurses.so.5: open failed: No such file or directory" when trying to run MySQL for the first time after installation and on all attempts since. I've install this under SunOS 5.8. There may or may not be related configuration error messages. In either case, where are the possible location for these header files? select.h is in /usr/include/sys but I still get the error regardless the that path has been added to my list of path's in my profile. And what does that first error mean? What library could be missing? It makes no sense to me. Thanks for any and all help, it is appreciated. Here's an exerp: configure:3889: checking for opendir in -ldir configure:3908: gcc -o conftest -O6 conftest.c -ldir 1>&5 ld: fatal: library -ldir: not found ld: fatal: File processing errors. No output written to conftest collect2: ld returned 1 exit status configure: failed program was: #line 3897 "configure" #include "confdefs.h" /* Override any gcc2 internal prototype to avoid an error. */ /* We use char because int might match the return type of a gcc2 builtin and then its argument prototype would still apply. */ char opendir(); int main() { opendir() ; return 0; } configure:4127: checking for select.h configure:4137: gcc -E conftest.c >/dev/null 2>conftest.out configure:4133: select.h: No such file or directory configure: failed program was: #line 4132 "configure" #include "confdefs.h" #include <select.h> configure:4127: checking for sys/vadvise.h configure:4137: gcc -E conftest.c >/dev/null 2>conftest.out configure:4133: sys/vadvise.h: No such file or directory configure: failed program was: #line 4132 "configure" #include "confdefs.h" #include <sys/vadvise.h> Nelson --------------------------------------------------------------------- Before posting, please check: http://www.mysql.com/manual.php (the manual) http://lists.mysql.com/ (the list archive) To request this thread, e-mail <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To unsubscribe, e-mail <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Trouble unsubscribing? Try: http://lists.mysql.com/php/unsubscribe.php