Jens Helweg wrote: > Hi, > > I've just installed my first debian disrtibution (Potato 2.2) and I > wanted to compile a new kernel but get the > following error message when I execute make menuconfig: > > rm -f include/asm > ( cd include ; ln -sf asm-i386 asm) > make -C scripts/lxdialog all > make[1]: Entering directory `/usr/src/linux/scripts/lxdialog' > gcc -Wall -Wstrict-prototypes -O2 -fomit-frame-pointer -DLOCALE > -DCURSES_LOC="<curses.h>" -c -o lxdialog.o lxdialog.c > In file included from lxdialog.c:22: > dialog.h:29: curses.h: No such file or directory > make[1]: *** [lxdialog.o] Error 1 > make[1]: Leaving directory `/usr/src/linux/scripts/lxdialog' > make: *** [menuconfig] Error 2 >
Jens, You need to install libncurses5-dev. It's only necessary for menuconfig. May I also suggest using the kernel-package utility. It simplifies building and maintaining kernels. There's good documentation to get you going. # apt-get install libncurses5-dev kernel-package Also, for a lot of questions you can find answers in the Mailing List Archive. This question about ncurses.h pops up all the time. www.debian.org/List-Archives has a sweet search tool at the bottom. good luck dyer
