On Tue, Aug 24, 2004 at 08:11:07PM +0930, Stef VK5HSX wrote: > Howdy.. I recently installed sarge (Testing) Debian installation, where I > have been setting things up as required. I am trying to compile a > applications, where with ./configure I get an error that it requires ncurses. > I tried "apt-get install ncurses" and was told it was obsolete and not used > anymore. Is there a way around this or will I require ncurses source > compilation and install.? Many thanks.. > -- > Regards - Stef VK5HSX > > -= Support Open Source Software =- Hi Stef, if you are doing ./configure, I assume you are compiling software. In this case you need a -dev packages. libncurses5-dev - Developer's libraries and docs for ncurses This should be it! Of course, I suggest seeing if is in debian or if it is in .rpm and can be converted to debian use. -Kev
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