Hello John,
> Thanks, Harry. But when I try to install the rpm it is still looking for that
> ncurses. I guess Gerd is right - I have to link it somehow.
> >
> > Name: libncurses.so.3.4
> > libncurses.so.3.4 Type: unspecified type (application/octet-stream)
> > Encoding: base64
What a kind man :), but you mentioned that you already have
libncurses.so.3.4 on your system.
So I think you must do the following:
1. Ensure that the directory where you libncurses resides is in
LD_LIBRARY_PATH.
This can be set somewhere in your startup scripts. In Slackware, it
is /etc/rc.d/rc.M (BSD style init). In RedHat, which works with the
somehow complicated Sys V style init, you either have to look for
a script called boot.local (it should be in /sbin/init.d) or grep your
startup scripts for that LD_LIBRARY_PATH entry.
If you found it, add your libncurses directory. If not, edit boot.local
or /etc/profile and add the following line:
export
LD_LIBRARY_PATH=$LD_LIBRARY_PATH:/where/your/libncurses/
resides
Note: This should be done before issuing the usual ldconfig
command during startup, that's why I mentioned the startup scripts.
You can simply test if this works for you. Type the export
command as written above, follwed by calling ldconfig.
After that, programs should recognize your libncurses file....
Cheers
Gerd
