I am at section 8.4.2 trying to install the kernel. When I give the command "make menuconfig", I get the error:

Cannot find ncurses library ...

Also, I am getting an error:

gcc: installation problem, cannot exec `as': No such file or directory.

But it appears that the lack of the ncurses library is causing the exit. I've checked my ncurses installation and everything appears to be installed. A selection of the programs that are supposed to go in appear to be there. I check <command> --version or "man <command>" and they show up. But, if I try to reinstall the package to see if that's the problem, I get an error during the ./configure part:

"Checking for C compiler default output ...
configure: error: C compiler connot create executables"

Anyone have any idea what is going on?

I would suggest trying to remove ncurses and recompiling it again. Most likely it didn't install correctly if the kernel install isn't finding the library.

"as" is a command that comes with the package binutils, I think, and it had not been installed. I installed it and the problem is solved.

when I run command "make menuconfig" for kernel compiling. It gives message and tell to stop.