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apt-get is not working properly

Dear Friends

I am trying to install my ncurses package in my Ubuntu Distro.

I am getting the following error. But i dont know what is the problem. Can anyone help me

Code:

mamse@mamse-ThinkCentre-M80:~/linux-3.15.8$ sudo apt-get install ncurses-develReading package lists... Done

Building dependency tree      

Reading state information... Done

E: Unable to locate package ncurses-devel

mamse@mamse-ThinkCentre-M80:~/linux-3.15.8$

probably it is called ncurses-dev, there is no such package (apt-get is working properly).

Let's break this down cause from what you are saying here apt-get isn't the problem

Quote:

Originally Posted by shariefbe (Post 5212954)

I am trying to install my ncurses package in my Ubuntu Distro.

Your ncurses package? where do you have it? Is it in a folder already on your machine or is it in a repository somewhere?

Quote:

Originally Posted by shariefbe (Post 5212954)

I am getting the following error. But i dont know what is the problem. Can anyone help me

Code:

mamse@mamse-ThinkCentre-M80:~/linux-3.15.8$ sudo apt-get install ncurses-develReading package lists... Done

Building dependency tree      

Reading state information... Done

E: Unable to locate package ncurses-devel

mamse@mamse-ThinkCentre-M80:~/linux-3.15.8$

This indicates a couple of possibilities.
1. The package is on your machine in a folder(e.g. downloads) and apt-get is not what you use for that.
2. The package is located in a repository and the fact apt-get cannot locates may indicate your sources.list is incorrect OR
3. the packages file for the repository is not correct.

Dealing with 1. If the file is on your machine you should either dpkg or gdebi.
dpkg is a command line tool so the command will be

Code:

dpkg -i ncurses-devel.deb

but you must be in the folder (so your terminal will have been cd'd to the folder already.
Dealing with 2. If 1 is not correct please post where this particular package you want is supposed to be located and post your sources.list
Dealing with 3. If 1 is not correct and 2 is partially correct leading to 3. you will have to downlaod the package manually and use dpkg to install it.

Quote:

Originally Posted by pan64 (Post 5212965)

probably it is called ncurses-dev, there is no such package (apt-get is working properly).

Looking at Ubuntu packages there is no such thing as ncurses-dev either.

here is the list: http://packages.ubuntu.com/search?keywords=ncurses
anyway, there is no such package

Quote:

Originally Posted by pan64 (Post 5212973)

here is the list: http://packages.ubuntu.com/search?keywords=ncurses
anyway, there is no such package

Which is why I think it is his own package just like his 1st post suggest when he says

Quote:

I am trying to install my ncurses package in my Ubuntu Distro.

I am sure when he replies this will be cleared up.

in that case OP need to use dpkg instead of apt-get

Actually i am trying to compile kernel. so i am getting these line when i give "make menuconfig"

Code:

mamse@mamse-ThinkCentre-M80:~/linux-3.15.8$ make menuconfig

 *** Unable to find the ncurses libraries or the

 *** required header files.

 *** 'make menuconfig' requires the ncurses libraries.

 *** 

 *** Install ncurses (ncurses-devel) and try again.

 *** 

make[1]: *** [scripts/kconfig/dochecklxdialog] Error 1

make: *** [menuconfig] Error 2

mamse@mamse-ThinkCentre-M80:~/linux-3.15.8$

that is probably named libncurses5-dev

Quote:

Originally Posted by pan64 (Post 5212982)

in that case OP need to use dpkg instead of apt-get

Which I already said.

$ dpkg -l '*ncurses*dev*'

or

$ dpkg-query --load-avail -l '*ncurses*dev*'

or

$ apt-file find <some file you need from ncurses-dev>

although if you

$ sudo apt-get install build-essentials

the ncurses-dev element should be grabbed as part of that process. But for the record, it's likely called... libncurses-dev