cannot find libncurses

From: Reaz Baksh (baksh5179_at_rogers.com)
Date: 09/30/03

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Date: Tue, 30 Sep 2003 13:45:38 -0400

    Hello
    I don't know if this has been asked before, as I searched the list and
    found nothing close to this problem but I'm hoping this is the right
    forum to ask.

    Problem:

    I'm trying to upgrade my Kernel from 4.2.20 to 4.2.22. I am doing this
    the long way not through Dpkg or apt-get.
    When I type 'make menuconfig' I get the following:
    --------------------------------
    /usr/bin/ld: cannot find -lncurses
    collect2: ld returned 1 exit status

    >> Unable to find the Ncurses libraries.
    >>
    >> You must have Ncurses installed in order
    >> to use 'make menuconfig'

    make[1]: *** [ncurses] Error 1
    make[1]: Leaving directory `/usr/src/linux-2.4.22/scripts/lxdialog'
    make: *** [menuconfig] Error 2
    ----------------------------

    When I do 'dpkg -l libncurses5' I get:
    pi libncurses5 5.3.20030719-1 Shared libraries for terminal
    handling

    Does this mean that it is installed but has a problem?

    If I try to remove using apt-get it wants to remove 248 packages!

    Is there a way to solve this like adding a line in some file to point to
    the libraries?

    Also with the command 'dpkg -S libncurses5' the following is returned:

    libncurses5: /usr/share/doc/libncurses5
    libncurses5: /usr/share/doc/libncurses5/copyright
    libncurses5: /usr/share/doc/libncurses5/README.Debian
    libncurses5: /usr/share/doc/libncurses5/changelog.gz
    libncurses5: /usr/share/doc/libncurses5/changelog.Debian.gz
    libncurses5: /usr/share/doc/libncurses5/FAQ

    I did upgrade to 4.2.20 from 4.2.18 successfully but that was before I
    installed KDE3. Now that I installed KDE3 this is coming up.

    Any help or instructions to just go away would be really appreciated.

    Reaz 

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