You need one of the ncurses-dev libraries.  I guess the one that
matches which ever ncurses you have installed right now.

Marshal
>>>>> "David" == David Densmore <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:

    > Thanks, but I meant what packages are needed for make menuconfig
    > to function, as in when I enter the command the pretty blue
    > menuconfig app starts instead of an error message.

    > In other words, I already have the kernel source installed and
    > can use the make command, the hard to use one where you go
    > through the list of questions in a preset order.  What
    > additional deb packages do I need to install so that make
    > menuconfig will work?  It it just bin86?  I thought there were
    > others.

    > I installed all of these a long time ago after finding a page on
    > the Debian site that told which packages were needed.  Now I
    > need to set up another system and I can't find that page.

    >> Quoting David Densmore ([EMAIL PROTECTED]):
    >>> what packages must be installed to use make menuconfig?
    >>  A kernel-source package, its dependencies, recommendations,
    >> and suggestions apart from kernel-package, which I'd heartily
    >> recommend, and bin86, which is needed only on x86
    >> architectures.  (i.e. check a kernel-source paragraph in the
    >> Packages file.)
    >> 
    >> Cheers,
    >> 
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