*** This bug is a duplicate of bug 1775673 *** https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1775673
Hi John, John Flood wrote: > Unfortunately, the link to ncurses-ruby in the error message (http > ://ncurses-ruby.berlios.de/) doesn't work, but this one does: Yes, the BerliOS code hosting is dead for quite some years now. > https://github.com/sup-heliotrope/ncursesw-ruby That's also what the ruby-ncurses package has set as Homepage. > However, I had trouble installing it until I ran > > sudo apt-get install ruby-dev zlib1g-dev liblzma-dev > > as recommended here: > > https://stackoverflow.com/questions/44239377/cant-install-rails-on- > linux-failed-to-build-gem-native-extension-with-ruby-2 > > Then "gem install ncursesw" worked (after cloning the above github > repository) and I could open the sample files for tpp. That's interesting. So since the ruby-ncurses package is built from the same source (just maybe a different version), it's either a bug in the version shipped with Ubuntu 18.04 or something in the way Ubuntu builds that package. (As mentioned before: I can't reproduce this in Debian Unstable where Ubuntu takes most of the packages, at least tpp, from.) And if you look at https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/ruby-ncurses you probably see the reason for it: #1775673 ruby-ncurses is broken in ubuntu 18.04 #1787763 ruby-ncurses is broken: try ruby -e 'require "ncurses"' Will probably merge all these bug reports. Regards, Axel -- ,''`. | Axel Beckert <a...@debian.org>, https://people.debian.org/~abe/ : :' : | Debian Developer, ftp.ch.debian.org Admin `. `' | 4096R: 2517 B724 C5F6 CA99 5329 6E61 2FF9 CD59 6126 16B5 `- | 1024D: F067 EA27 26B9 C3FC 1486 202E C09E 1D89 9593 0EDE ** This bug has been marked a duplicate of bug 1775673 ruby-ncurses is broken in ubuntu 18.04 -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1783564 Title: There is no Ncurses-Ruby package installed which is needed by TPP To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/tpp/+bug/1783564/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs