I think if they put libncurses5-dev and bzip2 (and any other missing package) as suggested dependencies for kernel-source then it would save a lot of non-gurus some time.
[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Jens Helweg wrote: > > > Hi, > > > > I've just installed my first debian disrtibution (Potato 2.2) and I > > wanted to compile a new kernel but get the > > following error message when I execute make menuconfig: > > > > rm -f include/asm > > ( cd include ; ln -sf asm-i386 asm) > > make -C scripts/lxdialog all > > make[1]: Entering directory `/usr/src/linux/scripts/lxdialog' > > gcc -Wall -Wstrict-prototypes -O2 -fomit-frame-pointer -DLOCALE > > -DCURSES_LOC="<curses.h>" -c -o lxdialog.o lxdialog.c > > In file included from lxdialog.c:22: > > dialog.h:29: curses.h: No such file or directory > > make[1]: *** [lxdialog.o] Error 1 > > make[1]: Leaving directory `/usr/src/linux/scripts/lxdialog' > > make: *** [menuconfig] Error 2 > > > > Jens, > You need to install libncurses5-dev. It's only necessary for menuconfig. May I also > suggest using the kernel-package utility. It simplifies building and maintaining > kernels. There's good documentation to get you going. > # apt-get install libncurses5-dev kernel-package > > Also, for a lot of questions you can find answers in the Mailing List Archive. This > question about ncurses.h pops up all the time. www.debian.org/List-Archives has a > sweet search tool at the bottom. > > good luck > > dyer > > > -- > Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] < /dev/null > >