Salman Ahmed wrote: > > >>>>> "KW" == Kent West <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > KW> I can "make config" and "make xconfig" but I can not "make > KW> menuconfig". When I try, I get the following: > KW> > KW> westk03:/usr/src/linux# make menuconfig rm -f include/asm ( cd > KW> include ; ln -sf asm-i386 asm) make -C scripts/lxdialog all > KW> make[1]: Entering directory > KW> `/usr/src/kernel-source-2.2.1/scripts/lxdialog' gcc -Wall > KW> -Wstrict-prototypes -O2 -fomit-frame-pointer -DLOCALE > KW> -DCURSES_LOC="<curses.h>" -c lxdialog.c -o lxdialog.o In file > KW> included from lxdialog.c:22: dialog.h:29: curses.h: No such file > KW> or directory make[1]: *** [lxdialog.o] Error 1 make[1]: Leaving > KW> directory `/usr/src/kernel-source-2.2.1/scripts/lxdialog' make: > KW> *** [menuconfig] Error 2 westk03:/usr/src/linux# exit exit > KW> > KW> > KW> Can anyone suggest a fix? Thanks! > > Looks like you haven't installed the ncurses development package. For > potato, its called libncurses4-dev. Not sure what it is for slink, but > you need a similar dev(elopment) package for slink, if that is what you > are running. > > You might want to check out the debian package search page: > > http://www.debian.org/distrib/packages > > HTH, > > -- > Salman Ahmed > ssahmed AT pathcom DOT com
Thanks for the help. I did have the ncurses dev installed, but a couple of days ago I installed some little something (I don't remember what now; maybe it was the gcd audio cd player) and then a day or two later I discovered this problem. Go figure. At any rate, it works again now; thanks!