On Thu, 8 Nov 2007 10:22:16 -0600 "Randy Patterson - [Tech]" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> On Thursday 08 November 2007 09:52:35 am Jochen Schulz wrote: > > Randy Patterson - [Tech]: > > > In file included from scripts/kconfig/lxdialog/checklist.c:24: > > > scripts/kconfig/lxdialog/dialog.h:32:20: error: curses.h: No such file or > > > directory > > > > Your system is missing libncurses5-dev. > > > > J. > > Thanks! Problem solved. Odd that the book I referred or the README file that > explains the building process didn't mentioned that as a needed dependency. It isn't needed for building the kernel, or even for configuring it unless you choose to do so via 'make menuconfig'. From the kernel-package README: > Before you go any further, please allow me to point out that you need to > have a few other packages installed before you can compile your own kernels > (it is difficult to compile anything without a compiler ;-). > > Firstly, you will need gcc, the libc development package (libc5-dev or > libc6-dev at the time of writing), and, on Intel platforms, bin86. [If > you use the menuconfig target of make, you will need ncursesX.X-dev, > and make xconfig also requires either tkX.X-dev for 2.4.X kernels, or > libqt3-mt-dev and g++ >= 3.0 for the new 2.6 kernel versions, and 2.6.X > kernels also have an additional option, make gconfig, which requires > libglade2-dev, and other packages these depend on] > Randy Celejar -- mailmin.sourceforge.net - remote access via secure (OpenPGP) email ssuds.sourceforge.net - A Simple Sudoku Solver and Generator -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
