IIRC the package name is libncurses5-dev. It will be quite hard for you to do any kernel development if you can't solve this by yourself. On 1 Aug 2014 08:01, "Niamathullah sharief" <[email protected]> wrote:
> Actually it is not only my distro problem. > > I am trying to compile kernel in Ubuntu. > > I am getting the following error and i am unable to rectify it. > > > > > > > > > > > *mamse@mamse-ThinkCentre-M80:~/linux-3.15.8$ make menuconfig *** Unable > to find the ncurses libraries or the *** required header files. *** 'make > menuconfig' requires the ncurses libraries. *** *** Install ncurses > (ncurses-devel) and try again. *** make[1]: *** > [scripts/kconfig/dochecklxdialog] Error 1make: *** [menuconfig] Error > 2mamse@mamse-ThinkCentre-M80:~/linux-3.15.8$* > > > On Fri, Aug 1, 2014 at 11:19 AM, David kiarie <[email protected]> > wrote: > >> In future, ask this distro related questions on the ubuntu forums, or >> even try google :-) >> >> Looking at your problem it seems that ncurses-devel is not the package >> name for what you are looking for. >> >> You could try, "apt-cache search ncurses", from the list, get the >> name of the package you are looking for. >> >> On Fri, Aug 1, 2014 at 8:44 AM, Niamathullah sharief >> <[email protected]> wrote: >> > Dear Friends >> > >> > I am trying to install my ncurses package in my Ubuntu Distro. >> > >> > I am getting the following error. But i dont know what is the problem. >> Can >> > anyone help me >> > >> > Code: >> > >> > mamse@mamse-ThinkCentre-M80:~/linux-3.15.8$ sudo apt-get install >> > ncurses-develReading package lists... Done >> > Building dependency tree >> > Reading state information... Done >> > E: Unable to locate package ncurses-devel >> > mamse@mamse-ThinkCentre-M80:~/linux-3.15.8$ >> > >> > >> > _______________________________________________ >> > Kernelnewbies mailing list >> > [email protected] >> > http://lists.kernelnewbies.org/mailman/listinfo/kernelnewbies >> > >> > > > _______________________________________________ > Kernelnewbies mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.kernelnewbies.org/mailman/listinfo/kernelnewbies > >
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