[SOLVED] configure: error: cannot find ncurses development files

smeezekitty · 12-27-2009, 12:18 PM

Building libcaca on slackware, i get the error:configure: error: cannot find ncurses development files.
Any ideas WTF this means because ncurses is installed.

dreamwalking · 12-27-2009, 12:46 PM

In Debian it's libncurses5-dev (developer's libraries for ncurses)

There are some tar.gz packages here:
http://mirror.nyi.net/cygwin/release...ncurses-devel/

MTK358 · 12-27-2009, 12:50 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by smeezekitty

Any ideas WTF this means because ncurses is installed.

I don't know why but I often find you need a separate "development" package for development.

knudfl · 12-27-2009, 12:52 PM

@ dreamwalking , @ MTK358 : Slackware, no -dev -devel packages :
all-in-one packages only.
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libcaca
http://caca.zoy.org/files/libcaca/li....beta16.tar.gz

libcaca.Slackbuild
http://ftp.slackware.pl/pub/splack/s...aca.SlackBuild

libcaca.Slackbuild = orig. Patrick J. Volkerding
http://slackware.osuosl.org/slackwar...aca.SlackBuild
.. works perfect, when editing line 50, $VERSION.tar.bz2 to $VERSION.tar.gz
.. if your source is " .tar.gz "
> > Slackware package /tmp/libcaca-0.99.beta16-x86_64-3.txz created.
( Except for the 'x86_64' (typo ?) .. I have x86, 32 - bit.

A package ( Slackware 12.1 ) .. libcaca-0.99.beta16-i486-1gds.tgz
http://sotirov-bg.net/slackpack/sear...&submit=Search
http://slackpack.ludost.net/packages...-i486-1gds.tgz
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smeezekitty · 12-27-2009, 12:53 PM

Thanks for the fast response!
The thing is, is that more /usr/include/ncurses/ncurses.h shows the full include file and ls /usr/lib/*ncurses*.* comes up with the libraries.

knudfl · 12-27-2009, 01:03 PM

Quote:

The thing is,
that more /usr/include/ncurses/ncurses.h shows the full include file

I don't quite get, what you mean, but if any problems,
why not reinstall 'ncurses' ?
> > disk 1 .. slackware/l/ncurses-5.7-i486-1.txz .
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And if you do not use the "Volkerding Slackbuild", please then
read the file to see .. and to use the actual configure options.
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smeezekitty · 12-27-2009, 01:21 PM

fixed it, /usr/include/ncurses_dll.h is suppose to be copied to /usr/include/ .

gnashley · 12-27-2009, 02:15 PM

Actually, it should probably be a link:
cd /usr/include ; ln -sf ncurses_dll.h ncurses/ncurses_dll.h
This may be missing from the official SlackBuild -you don't say what version of Slackware you are using, but there has lately(and finally) been an update to the ncurses version and the build is quite different from before. I'd have to check the official build, but mine doesn't have the problem you describe...
The Slackware team would probably appreciate it if you file a bug report -if it really is a bug.

smeezekitty · 12-27-2009, 04:21 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by gnashley

you don't say what version of Slackware you are using

13.0

knudfl · 12-27-2009, 04:50 PM

Just found out this :

'libcaca' has been included in the Slackware releases
starting with Slackware 10 .. slackware/ l /libcaca...

.. So actually no need to build it ..

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smeezekitty · 12-27-2009, 07:25 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by knudfl

Just found out this :

'libcaca' has been included in the Slackware releases
starting with Slackware 10 .. slackware/ l /libcaca...

.. So actually no need to build it ..

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I did

Code:

cd /
tar Jxf /mnt/cdrom/slackware/l/libcaca*.txz
cacafire
cacafire: error while loading shared libraries: libX11.so.6: cannot open shared 
library: no such file or directory (ENOENT)

knudfl · 12-28-2009, 02:01 AM

Which version of Slackware are you using ?

Architecture for the OS ? x86, 32 bit or x86_64, 64 bit ? ?
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Installing packages with tar : No, No, don't do that !
Never !

The command is # installpkg <package..>
Except that certain things can trash the OS, the install
scripts will not be used, are just left unused at / ,
when you unpack the files with tar.

Say you installed 'libX11' with tar :
no libX11.so.6, only libX11.so.6.2.0
> > the install script creates the links.
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gnashley · 12-28-2009, 02:10 AM

installpkg also runs ldconfig for you. If you've installed a bunch of packages that way, you'll need to go back and reinstall them the proper way, using installpkg.

smeezekitty · 12-28-2009, 12:28 PM

I will handle this my own way.

gnashley · 12-28-2009, 12:38 PM

Why did you post a question here, then and make us go to the trouble of thinking for you??