Linux-kernel mailing list archive 1999-41,: Re: 2.3.20 and ncurses

# Re: 2.3.20 and ncurses

Michael Elizabeth Chastain (mec@shout.net)
Tue, 12 Oct 1999 21:09:37 -0500

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Hi Avenger,

> rm -f include/asm
> ( cd include ; ln -sf asm-i386 asm)
> make -C scripts/lxdialog all
> make[1]: Entering directory `/usr/src/linux/scripts/lxdialog'
> /usr/bin/ld: cannot open -lncurses: No such file or directory
> collect2: ld returned 1 exit status

Looks like you don't have ncurses libraries installed. Look for a
/usr/lib/ncurses.a file. If you don't have one, you need the appropriate
package.

The appropriate package is not just "ncurses" but "ncurses-devel"
(because you are not just using curses, but building a curses program).

Michael Elizabeth Chastain
<mailto:mec@shout.net>
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