On 28.01.2006, Wouter Verhelst wrote: > On Sat, Jan 28, 2006 at 11:34:33PM -0500, Peter Krummrich wrote: >> According to the help / module description of the kernel source, I need >> to install libncurses-dev and tk-dev. However, I did not find these >> packages in the aptitude list of available packages (list from the Sarge >> CD set 3.1r1). > > try libncurses5-dev. tk-dev is only necessary if you want to 'make > xconfig' on 2.4, and you'll want tk8.3-dev or tk8.4-dev in that case. >
On 28.01.2006, Christian Steigies wrote: > On Sat, Jan 28, 2006 at 11:34:33PM -0500, Peter Krummrich wrote: <snip> >> Did these packages drop out of the distribution by mistake or can the >> required library files for "make menuconfig" now be found in a different >> package? > > [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~>wajig install libncurses-dev > Reading Package Lists... Done > Building Dependency Tree... Done > Note, selecting libncurses5-dev instead of libncurses-dev > > [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~>wajig install tk-dev > Reading Package Lists... Done > Building Dependency Tree... Done > Package tk-dev is a virtual package provided by: > tk8.4-dev 8.4.9-1 > tk8.0-dev 8.0.5-11 > You should explicitly select one to install. > > ncurses5 is fine, but you don't need tk for menuconfig??? > > wajig search (or apt-cache, ap-get, apt-whatever search) is your friend. > > Christian > Thanks to both of you for these helpful hints. I am glad that there are some experts on this mailing list. Maybe it would be a good idea to adapt the kernel source package description (mention libncurses5-dev instead of libncurses)? Could keep other folks from stumbling over the same issue as I did. I did a search for libncurses-dev in aptitude - it did not tell me that libncurses5-dev can replace libncurses-dev. Next time, I will try wajig... Best Regards, Peter -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
