I am having the following error while running 'make menuconfig'

I have installed libncurses5-dev too

pls help

regards
vinoj

zam:/usr/src# uname -a
Linux zam 2.6.8-2-386 #1 Tue Aug 16 12:46:35 UTC 2005 i686 GNU/Linux

zam:/usr/src# ls -l /usr/src/linux
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root src 12 2006-04-16 11:18 /usr/src/linux -> linux-2.6.16

zam:/usr/src/linux# make menuconfig
HOSTCC scripts/basic/fixdep
HOSTCC scripts/basic/split-include
HOSTCC scripts/basic/docproc
HOSTCC scripts/kconfig/conf.o
HOSTCC scripts/kconfig/kxgettext.o
HOSTCC scripts/kconfig/mconf.o
SHIPPED scripts/kconfig/zconf.tab.c
SHIPPED scripts/kconfig/lex.zconf.c
SHIPPED scripts/kconfig/zconf.hash.c
HOSTCC scripts/kconfig/zconf.tab.o
HOSTLD scripts/kconfig/mconf
HOSTCC scripts/kconfig/lxdialog/checklist.o
scripts/kconfig/lxdialog/checklist.c: In function `print_item':
scripts/kconfig/lxdialog/checklist.c:37: error: `menubox_attr' undeclared (first use in this function)
scripts/kconfig/lxdialog/checklist.c:37: error: (Each undeclared identifier is reported only once
scripts/kconfig/lxdialog/checklist.c:37: error: for each function it appears in.)
scripts/kconfig/lxdialog/checklist.c:43: error: `check_selected_attr' undeclared (first use in this function)
scripts/kconfig/lxdialog/checklist.c:43: error: `check_attr' undeclared (first use in this function)
scripts/kconfig/lxdialog/checklist.c:46: error: `tag_selected_attr' undeclared (first use in this function)
scripts/kconfig/lxdialog/checklist.c:46: error: `tag_attr' undeclared (first use in this function)
scripts/kconfig/lxdialog/checklist.c:48: error: `item_selected_attr' undeclared (first use in this function)
scripts/kconfig/lxdialog/checklist.c:48: error: `item_attr' undeclared (first use in this function)
scripts/kconfig/lxdialog/checklist.c: In function `print_arrows':
scripts/kconfig/lxdialog/checklist.c:65: error: `uarrow_attr' undeclared (first use in this function)
scripts/kconfig/lxdialog/checklist.c:69: error: `menubox_attr' undeclared (first use in this function)
scripts/kconfig/lxdialog/checklist.c:80: error: `darrow_attr' undeclared (first use in this function)
scripts/kconfig/lxdialog/checklist.c:84: error: `menubox_border_attr' undeclared (first use in this function)
scripts/kconfig/lxdialog/checklist.c: In function `print_buttons':
scripts/kconfig/lxdialog/checklist.c:100: warning: implicit declaration of function `print_button'
scripts/kconfig/lxdialog/checklist.c: In function `dialog_checklist':
scripts/kconfig/lxdialog/checklist.c:120: warning: implicit declaration of function `malloc'
scripts/kconfig/lxdialog/checklist.c:120: warning: assignment makes pointer from integer without a cast
scripts/kconfig/lxdialog/checklist.c:124: warning: implicit declaration of function `exit'
scripts/kconfig/lxdialog/checklist.c:129: warning: implicit declaration of function `strcasecmp'
scripts/kconfig/lxdialog/checklist.c:137: warning: implicit declaration of function `MIN'
scripts/kconfig/lxdialog/checklist.c:143: warning: implicit declaration of function `draw_shadow'
scripts/kconfig/lxdialog/checklist.c:148: warning: implicit declaration of function `draw_box'
scripts/kconfig/lxdialog/checklist.c:148: error: `dialog_attr' undeclared (first use in this function)
scripts/kconfig/lxdialog/checklist.c:148: error: `border_attr' undeclared (first use in this function)
scripts/kconfig/lxdialog/checklist.c:156: warning: implicit declaration of function `print_title'
scripts/kconfig/lxdialog/checklist.c:159: warning: implicit declaration of function `print_autowrap'
scripts/kconfig/lxdialog/checklist.c:173: error: `menubox_border_attr' undeclared (first use in this function)
scripts/kconfig/lxdialog/checklist.c:173: error: `menubox_attr' undeclared (first use in this function)
scripts/kconfig/lxdialog/checklist.c:178: warning: implicit declaration of function `MAX'
scripts/kconfig/lxdialog/checklist.c:178: warning: implicit declaration of function `strlen'
scripts/kconfig/lxdialog/checklist.c:203: error: `ESC' undeclared (first use in this function)
scripts/kconfig/lxdialog/checklist.c:207: warning: implicit declaration of function `toupper'
scripts/kconfig/lxdialog/checklist.c:285: warning: implicit declaration of function `free'
scripts/kconfig/lxdialog/checklist.c:287: error: `TAB' undeclared (first use in this function)
make[2]: *** [scripts/kconfig/lxdialog/checklist.o] Error 1
make[1]: *** [menuconfig] Error 2
make: *** [menuconfig] Error 2

Not sure. If you have ncurses-devel installed it should work. Try running 'ldconfig' and see if it works.
How did you install ncurses-devel? If it is in a non-standard place then add the directory to /etc/ld.so.conf
and run ldconfig again...

thanks for the reply.
details of Ncurses installed on my machine below

zam:/usr/src/linux-2.6.16# dpkg -l '*ncurs*'
Desired=Unknown/Install/Remove/Purge/Hold
| Status=Not/Installed/Config-files/Unpacked/Failed-config/Half-installed
|/ Err?=(none)/Hold/Reinst-required/X=both-problems (Status,Err: uppercase=bad)
||/ Name Version Description
+++-==============-==============-============================================
un libncurses-dev <none> (no description available)
ii libncurses5 5.5-1.1 Shared libraries for terminal handling
ii libncurses5-db 5.5-1.1 Debugging/profiling libraries for ncurses
ii libncurses5-de 5.5-1.1 Developer's libraries and docs for ncurses
ii libncursesw5 5.5-1.1 Shared libraries for terminal handling (wide
ii libncursesw5-d 5.5-1.1 Developer's libraries for ncursesw
un ncurses <none> (no description available)
ii ncurses-base 5.5-1.1 Descriptions of common terminal types
ii ncurses-bin 5.5-1.1 Terminal-related programs and man pages
un ncurses-dev <none> (no description available)
un ncurses-develo <none> (no description available)
un ncurses-runtim <none> (no description available)
ii ncurses-term 5.5-1.1 Additional terminal type definitions


I am still getting the same error.

Vinoj