On 26-Feb-2002 Bill Moseley wrote: > I hate using up my kernel building help chips for this, but... > > [EMAIL PROTECTED]:/usr/src/linux$ make menuconfig > rm -f include/asm > ( cd include ; ln -sf asm-i386 asm) > make -C scripts/lxdialog all > make[1]: Entering directory `/usr/src/kernel-source-2.4.17/scripts/lxdialog' > /usr/bin/ld: cannot find -lncurses > collect2: ld returned 1 exit status > >>> Unable to find the Ncurses libraries. >>> >>> You must have Ncurses installed in order >>> to use 'make menuconfig' > > make[1]: *** [ncurses] Error 1 > make[1]: Leaving directory `/usr/src/kernel-source-2.4.17/scripts/lxdialog' > make: *** [menuconfig] Error 2 > > > [EMAIL PROTECTED]:/usr/src/linux$ ll /lib/libncur* > lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 17 Feb 21 21:18 > /lib/libncurses.so.5 -> libncurses.so.5.2 > -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 248132 Feb 19 14:32 > /lib/libncurses.so.5.2 >
a) apt-get install kernel-package, read, and enjoy b) apt-get install libncurses-dev Debian splits the headers into -dev (development) packages because most users do not need them. This cuts down on downloads and on disk usage. c) look into auto-apt (just because I like to mention the package)
