Bug 69284 - ncurses library missing for make menuconfig
Summary: ncurses library missing for make menuconfig
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Status: CLOSED WORKSFORME
Alias: None
Product: Red Hat Linux
Classification: Retired
Component: ncurses
Version: 7.3
Hardware: athlon
OS: Linux
medium
medium
Target Milestone: ---
Assignee: Eido Inoue
QA Contact: Jay Turner
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Blocks:
TreeView+ depends on / blocked
 
Reported: 2002-07-19 21:55 UTC by Carl T. Miller
Modified: 2015-01-07 23:57 UTC (History)
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Last Closed: 2003-08-01 21:23:08 UTC
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Description Carl T. Miller 2002-07-19 21:55:43 UTC 
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Description of problem:
I've installed all four rpms that have "ncurses" in the name, yet I still get an
error message when I run make "menuconfig".  The exact message is:  /usr/bin/ld:
 cannot find -lncurses


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How reproducible:
Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1.su -
2.cd /usr/src/linux*
3.make menuconfig
	

Actual Results:  Get error message about missing ncurses library.

Expected Results:  I expected "make menuconfig" to work.

Additional info:

I installed four different rpms from the 7.3 distro which have "ncurses"
anywhere in the filename. What am I missing?  And why isn't this library
automatically installed?  It's used in many programs.
Comment 1 Eido Inoue 2003-08-01 21:23:08 UTC 
There are only two ncurses packages-- the main package and the -devel
subpackage. I'm unable to reproduce your problem with a stock 7.3 install.
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