Problem compiling VIM sources on Ubuntu

I have installed Xubuntu 6.10 on a PC. As a test of that environment I have attempted to compile VIM 7.0 from sources downloaded from www.vim.org. When I run ./configure, the process terminates with:
checking for tgetent()... configure: error: NOT FOUND!
You need to install a terminal library: for example ncurses.
Or specify the name of the library with --with-tlib.

From what I have read, Xubuntu shares a lot of its environment with Ubuntu and it appears that my problem has been faced by others before me using Ubuntu. But solutions to this apparent terminal library absence have not been posted. I have used a standard Xubuntu installation and there is a libncurses.so in the /lib directory.

Has any body been succcessful in compiling VIM on Ubuntu, and how did you overcome this appearent terminal library absence?

Ross
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