[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: > Hi all, > I have debian 3.0 woody on a linux box.......... > i am getting the following error while complining a program........... > > menkar >> make > cc -c galfit.c > galfit.c:15: curses.h: No such file or directory > make: *** [galfit.o] Error 1 > > i undersatnd that i need to install ncurses-dev............when i try > using apt-get i get the following error............. > > menkar:/home/abhi# apt-get install ncurses-dev > Reading Package Lists... Done > Building Dependency Tree... Done > Note, selecting libncurses5-dev instead of ncurses-dev > Some packages could not be installed. This may mean that you have > requested an impossible situation or if you are using the unstable > distribution that some required packages have not yet been created > or been moved out of Incoming. > > Since you only requested a single operation it is extremely likely that > the package is simply not installable and a bug report against > that package should be filed. > The following information may help to resolve the situation: > > The following packages have unmet dependencies: > libncurses5-dev: Depends: libncurses5 (= 5.2.20020112a-7) but 5.4-4 is > to be installed > E: Broken packages > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > Is this a bug? > i am NOT using an unstable distribution!
Apt tries to install libncurses5-dev from testing/unstable, so most likely your /etc/apt/sources.list file is not set up correctly. Make sure it refers to stable, but not testing or unstable. Then issue the command apt-get update && apt-get install libncurses5-dev Martin -- ,--. Martin Dickopp, Dresden, Germany ,= ,-_-. =. / ,- ) http://www.zero-based.org/ ((_/)o o(\_)) \ `-' `-'(. .)`-' `-. Debian, a variant of the GNU operating system. \_/ -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]