On 26 Feb 2003, Bret Comstock Waldow wrote: > Thanks. libncurses-dev seems to have allowed 'make menuconfig'. > Installing tk didn't get 'make xconfig' to work, but I didn't reboot or > anything yet - just installed it. > > I've configured a kernel and I'm making it now. I need to see if I can > get support for my NX70V Clie for USB syncing. > > Why wasn't ncurses workable without installing the 'dev' libraries? It > seems like a bait-and-switch trick. What's the point of installing > "ncurses" if that doesn't in fact get ncurses support? I would like to > understand so I can decode other naming tricks... >
the base ncurses is just the runtime, the -dev is all the development, which is what the menuconfig stuff needs. as for the tk issue, it was a half-assed stab in the dark that tk would have wish in it, from looking at packages.debian.org. sorry it didn't work out. Mike -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
