While trying to build the linux kernel - 2.6.24.2, i get the following error message during initial phase(make menuconfig) : scripts/kconfig/lxdialog/dialog.h:32:20: error: curses.h: No such file or directory <=== In file included from scripts/kconfig/lxdialog/checklist.c:24:
It seems that something is wrong with 'ncurses' #include CURSES_LOC
# Where is ncurses.h? ccflags() { if [ -f /usr/include/ncurses/ncurses.h ]; then echo '-I/usr/include/ncurses -DCURSES_LOC=""' elif [ -f /usr/include/ncurses/curses.h ]; then echo '-I/usr/include/ncurses -DCURSES_LOC=""' elif [ -f /usr/include/ncurses.h ]; then echo '-DCURSES_LOC=""' else echo '-DCURSES_LOC=""' fi }
After looking into the /usr/include directory , i got to know that the header ncurses.h is absent
On the same machine,i could see an rpm by the name "ncurses-5.5-24.20060715" [amit@localhost include]$ rpm -qa|grep -i ncurses ncurses-5.5-24.20060715
[amit@localhost include]$ rpm -qi ncurses-5.5-24.20060715 Name : ncurses Relocations: (not relocatable) Version : 5.5 Vendor: Red Hat, Inc. Release : 24.20060715 Build Date: Thu 31 Aug 2006 05:41:08 PM IST Install Date: Thu 07 Feb 2008 08:30:07 PM IST Build Host: hs20-bc1-7.build.redhat.com Group : System Environment/Libraries Source RPM: ncurses-5.5-24.20060715.src.rpm Size : 2829883 License: distributable Signature : DSA/SHA1, Thu 18 Jan 2007 09:40:59 PM IST, Key ID 5326810137017186 Packager : Red Hat, Inc. <> URL : NCURSES - New Curses Summary : A terminal handling library Description : The curses library routines are a terminal-independent method of updating character screens with reasonable optimization. The ncurses (new curses) library is a freely distributable replacement for the discontinued 4.4 BSD classic curses library.
i tried to install the latest ncurses(version 5.6) downloaded from the site:
Now to configure the kernel, i can go through the .config file and edit the parameters there, but this would be really a tedious job(though heard that most of the programmers prefer this)
One guy asked me to install the development library,and while doing the same,following issues creeped up
I tried a lot to find the ncurses-development library for version 5.5 for Redhat 5 over net,but could not
on Debian, i guess the package manager is "synaptic", but what is the packet manager over here(redhat 5)? i also tried to remove the "ncurses-5.5-24.20060715" which gave me a lot of dependecies issues [root@localhost ]# rpm -e ncurses-5.5-24.20060715 error: Failed dependencies: libncurses.so.5 is needed by (installed) info-4.8-14.el5.i386 libncurses.so.5 is needed by (installed) procps-3.2.7-8.1.el5.i386 libncurses.so.5 is needed by (installed) sqlite-3.3.6-2.i386 libncurses.so.5 is needed by (installed) crash-4.0-3.14.i386 ----------------- ----------------- so should i go ahead with removing the "ncurses-5.5-24.20060715" and install the latest version,i.e. Version ncurses 5.6 and corrosponding development library ? will there be any bad impact on dependents ?
Don't remove the existing ncurses package. Removing it will break all programs that use ncurses.
You're missing the _development headers_ package for ncurses. It's usually named like "ncurses-dev".
It is packaged separately so that you won't need to install the development header files (=lots of small files) if you never compile any software.
The package manager of RedHat Enterprise Linux 5 is "yum". If you use it to request the installation of any package, it should be able to download it from the RedHat Network automatically... assuming your system is registered with RHN.
