The message isn't about termcap; it's about a "curses/termcap library". That
probably means the ncurses library, which on my system is
/lib/ncurses.so.4.2, and the associated header file /usr/include/ncurses.h .
I wouldn't want to guess what it might be on a mixed RH6.1/RH5.2 system.
At 07:29 PM 3/20/00 -0600, Darth Buck wrote:
>OK you gurus out there, I have a problem compiling. Here is a brief
>history. RH6.1. I am trying to install MySQL, and realized I didn't
>have gcc installed. I couldn't find anything on the 6.1 disk so I used
>the RPMs from the 5.2 disk to get gcc installed. Then I tried to run
>the configurator file for MySQL again and it told me that I didn't have
>c++ installed. I found those RPMs and libraries and installed them. I
>ran the configurator file again. It did alot of checking but died again
>and now I am getting this error.
>
>checking for termcap functions library... configure: error: No
>curses/termcap library found
>
>This is the first time I have compiled anything and I cannot get past
>this step. What do I not have installed that I need. I looked for info
>on termcap, but just found some stuff on a termcap file in the /etc (I
>think) directory.
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Palo Alto, CA [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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