Hello all,

I have installed ncurses-5.2 with command:

cd /usr/src/ncurses-5.2

./configure --prefix=/usr/local/ncurses-5.2
--disable-overwrite --enable-symlinks --with-shared
--without-debug --with-develop --with-libtool --without-cxx-binding

make

make install

After installation, my system displays the following configuration summary:

bin directory: /usr/local/ncurses-5.2/bin
include directory: /usr/local/ncurses-5.2/include/ncurses
... ....

include - directory is not in a standard location.

Then I write a small code to test it:
#include <stdio.h>
#include <curses.h>

void main()
{
printf('this ia a test');

}

When I use gcc to compile it, system displays:
bash: curses.h: file or directory not found or exist.

What's wrong about this?

Thank you for your any answer.

Bush

well as the message clearly states it is a non standard location... why have you done this? that's what's causing it - the --prefix you gave.

Thanks for your answer.
But I erase '--prefix=/usr/local/ncurses-5.2' when installing

./configure
--disable-overwrite --enable-symlinks --with-shared
--without-debug --with-develop --with-libtool --without-cxx-binding

make

make install

After installation, my system still displays the following configuration summary:

bin directory: /usr/bin
include directory: /usr/include/ncurses
... ....

include - directory is not in a standard location.

thanks again.