menuconfig can't find ncurses

alaios · 05-22-2004, 09:22 AM

Hi i want to run make menuconfig....
I can't because the system says that can't find ncurses libraries....
I have found the ncurses package in the first cdrom under the slackware/l/ folder
I typed installpkg /mn/cdrom/slackware/.../ncures...tgz
The packet seems to be installed succesfully.... The problem is that continues to search for the ncurses libraries...
What i must do?
Do u know if it possible to install rpm packages to slacware?

jontamask · 05-22-2004, 09:36 AM

Seems weird to me. If you installed it properly i guess it should work.

If it is when try 'make menuconfig it continues searching? You could try to 'make mrproper' and then 'make menuconfig', to make sure it really reloads.

You could run 'pkgtool' when logged in as root to see if it's really installed. Use the view option.

Yes, i think it's possible to use rpm-packages, but in this case it should be much easier to use the standard tgz.

/j.

alaios · 05-23-2004, 01:36 AM

Thx for your reply..
I did exactly what u have told me

The pkgtool says that the ncurses are installed.......
Do u think that any library would be missing?
Plz help me i need to recompile my kernel

gnashley · 05-23-2004, 02:36 AM

Try uninstalling the package first and then re-installing it.

alaios · 05-23-2004, 04:13 AM

I have just tried it.....anything else that it may help?

Cerbere · 05-23-2004, 05:33 PM

Any time that you install a new library, you must run /sbin/ldconfig as root, or reboot, before the library will be availabe to your system.

Enjoy!
--- Cerbere

mdt78727 · 05-29-2004, 01:32 PM

Ncurses seems to be a red herring in the error message, since the missing file actually belongs to glibc. Install (or reinstall) glibc and the problem will probably go away.

For more details:
http://www.computing.net/linux/wwwbo...rum/25368.html

sadatx · 05-29-2004, 04:06 PM

You can try installing swaret and see if you are missing any dependencies on your server.

swaret --dep
swaret --dep ncurses

Generally you don't have to run ldconfig after installing ncurses, but you never know. Might be a good idea to run it.

gargamel · 06-02-2004, 08:02 AM

Not sure, if it is an extra package on Slackware, but you normally need a package ncurses-devel in order to be able to build your own kernel. On other distros I know, ncurses alone just won't do.

gargamel