you need to install ncurses package (or similar name) if you are missing file but don't know the package, go to www.debian.org, Packages, the last search form let's you search for file...
apt-cache might help as well... erik Hanno Böttcher wrote: > > Hi all! > > I have a problem simply starting the Menuconfig before compiling the > Kernel. I downloaded 2.2.17 from ftp.kernel.org and unziped it to > /usr/src/linux. Then I tried to run "make menuconfig" but I got an error > similar to "dialog.h:29: curses.h: no such file or directory". I tried > to find out, where to get this file, but I didn't find anything, no > matter if online or at the Debian CD. Anyone got a similar prob? > > Thanx for help > Hanno > > -- > Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] < /dev/null