Problem to install spice3, ncurses (libtinfo.so.5) is requried
 

I have problem to install "spice3" software.
The "libinfo.so.5" is required but while installing it through ncurses-lib, the ncurses itself not installing.
here is the process i did:-
[root@localhost Desktop]# rpm -ivh spice-3f5sfix-2.i386.rpm
error: Failed dependencies:
libtinfo.so.5 is needed by spice-3f5sfix-2.i386
[root@localhost Desktop]#
## to install libtinfo the ncurses-libs are required which must be lower version of the ncurses installed in system
## but no lower version ncurses are available . lower than 5.6-13 Otherwise it will conflicts
## so new version of ncurses package si requred

[root@localhost Desktop]# rpm -ivh ncurses-libs-5.9-2.20110716.fc16.i686.rpm
warning: ncurses-libs-5.9-2.20110716.fc16.i686.rpm: Header V3 RSA/SHA256 signature: NOKEY, key ID a82ba4b7
error: Failed dependencies:
ncurses-base = 5.9-2.20110716.fc16 is needed by ncurses-libs-5.9-2.20110716.fc16.i686
rpmlib(FileDigests) <= 4.6.0-1 is needed by ncurses-libs-5.9-2.20110716.fc16.i686
rpmlib(PayloadIsXz) <= 5.2-1 is needed by ncurses-libs-5.9-2.20110716.fc16.i686
ncurses < 5.6-13 conflicts with ncurses-libs-5.9-2.20110716.fc16.i686
[root@localhost Desktop]#

[root@localhost Desktop]# rpm -ivh ncurses-5.9-2.20110716.fc16.i686.rpm
warning: ncurses-5.9-2.20110716.fc16.i686.rpm: Header V3 RSA/SHA256 signature: NOKEY, key ID a82ba4b7
error: Failed dependencies:
libtic.so.5 is needed by ncurses-5.9-2.20110716.fc16.i686
libtinfo.so.5 is needed by ncurses-5.9-2.20110716.fc16.i686
ncurses-libs = 5.9-2.20110716.fc16 is needed by ncurses-5.9-2.20110716.fc16.i686
rpmlib(FileDigests) <= 4.6.0-1 is needed by ncurses-5.9-2.20110716.fc16.i686
rpmlib(PayloadIsXz) <= 5.2-1 is needed by ncurses-5.9-2.20110716.fc16.i686


##### and when i try to instal the ncurses downloaded form gnu site then it also stuck:-
[root@localhost Desktop]# rpm -qa | grep ncurses
ncurses-5.5-24.20060715
ncurses-5.5-24.20060715
[root@localhost Desktop]#

[root@localhost ncurses-5.9]# cd /root/Desktop/ncurses-5.9
[root@localhost ncurses-5.9]# ./configure
checking for egrep... grep -E
Configuring NCURSES 5.9 ABI 5 (Mon Aug 29 16:44:03 IST 2011)
checking build system type... x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu
checking host system type... x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu
checking target system type... x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu
Configuring for linux-gnu
checking for prefix... /usr
checking for gcc... no
checking for cc... no
checking for cc... no
checking for cl... no
configure: error: no acceptable cc found in $PATH
[root@localhost ncurses-5.9]#

[root@localhost ncurses-5.9]# make
make: *** No targets specified and no makefile found. Stop.
[root@localhost ncurses-5.9]#

spice-3f5sfix-2.i386.rpm : That's a 9 year old Redhat 8? package.

# yum install ngspice ( ng means 'new generation'.)

ngspice is in the EPEL repo https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/EPEL

and on top of the rh8 package
installing individual fedora16 ALPHA testing only rpms
fedora16 only barely half works and is in alpha testing .

what Operating system is this ?

yes it is a every old software as spice3. but is there any solution to install ncurses
The problem is due to the libtinfo.so.5. Can anyone tell me how to fix this
i am using redhat enterprise 5.5

thanks dear............. i will try to install ngspice.

Post #4 : Spice3 for Redhat Enterprise 5.x : ngspice.

Package x86_64 : ngspice-21-3.cvs20100719.el5.x86_64.rpm
ftp://ftp.sunet.se/pub/Linux/distrib...el5.x86_64.rpm

About ngspice http://ngspice.sourceforge.net/presentation.html

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Thanks knudfl...............i hope issue will be solved through ngspice.