More Info for the Ubuntu Desktop 12.04 system. The below file doesn't exist. I don't know if this has anything to do with it since it is libcurses rather than libNcurses.
# grep -R CURSES_LIBRARY * build/CMakeCache.txt:CURSES_CURSES_LIBRARY:FILEPATH=/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libcurses.so apt-cache search libcurses doesn't provide anything except a few perl packages. # apt-cache search libcurses libruby - Transitional package for libruby1.8 libruby1.8 - Libraries necessary to run Ruby 1.8 libcurses-ocaml - OCaml bindings for the ncurses library libcurses-ocaml-dev - OCaml bindings for the ncurses library libcurses-perl - Curses interface for Perl libcurses-ui-perl - curses-based OO user interface framework for Perl libcurses-widgets-perl - Curses widget interface for Perl # ls -l /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libncurses* -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 294004 Nov 18 2011 /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libncurses.a -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 157584 Nov 18 2011 /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libncurses++.a -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 31 Nov 18 2011 /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libncurses.so -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 157584 Nov 18 2011 /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libncurses++w.a -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 390674 Nov 18 2011 /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libncursesw.a -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 32 Nov 18 2011 /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libncursesw.so # ls -l /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libcurses* lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 12 Nov 18 2011 /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libcurses.a -> libncurses.a lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 13 Nov 18 2011 /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libcurses.so -> libncurses.so # ls -l /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libncurses* lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 17 Oct 5 10:06 /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libncurses.so.5 -> libncurses.so.5.9 -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 133808 Nov 18 2011 /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libncurses.so.5.9 lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 18 Oct 5 10:06 /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libncursesw.so.5 -> libncursesw.so.5.9 -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 183072 Nov 18 2011 /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libncursesw.so.5.9 Thanks Jon On Sat, Oct 6, 2012 at 9:48 PM, Jon Schipp <[email protected]> wrote: > Hello all, > > I'm having a little trouble with the libncurses dependency on Ubuntu > Desktop 12.04 and Ubuntu Server 12.04. > It looks like libncurses5 is already installed by default. I went > ahead and installed the dev package: libncurses5-dev > > $ dpkg -l | grep libncurses > ii libncurses5 5.9-4 > shared libraries for terminal handling > ii libncurses5-dev 5.9-4 > developer's libraries for ncurses > ii libncursesw5 5.9-4 > shared libraries for terminal handling (wide character > support > > These are the only libncurses libraries in the repo. I tried > installing the libncursesw5-dev package too. > > # apt-cache search libncurses > libncurses5 - shared libraries for terminal handling > libncurses5-dbg - debugging/profiling libraries for ncurses > libncurses5-dev - developer's libraries for ncurses > libncursesw5 - shared libraries for terminal handling (wide character support) > libncursesw5-dbg - debugging/profiling libraries for ncursesw > libncursesw5-dev - developer's libraries for ncursesw > centerim-utf8 - A text-mode multi-protocol instant messenger client > libncurses-gst - Ncurses bindings for GNU Smalltalk > libncurses-ruby - Transitional package for ruby-ncurses > libncurses-ruby1.8 - Transitional package for ruby-ncurses > libncurses-ruby1.9 - Transitional package for ruby-ncurses > libncurses-ruby1.9.1 - Transitional package for ruby-ncurses > libncursesada-dbg - Ada binding to the ncurses text interface library: > debug symbols > libncursesada-doc - Ada binding to the ncurses text interface library: > documentation > libncursesada2 - Ada binding to the ncurses text interface library: > shared library > libncursesada2-dev - Ada binding to the ncurses text interface > library: development > ruby-ncurses - ruby extension for the ncurses C library > > Using cmake I still get: > > -- Could NOT find Curses (missing: CURSES_LIBRARY CURSES_INCLUDE_PATH) > libncurses is missing on target. Skipping ifpps build. > -- Could NOT find Curses (missing: CURSES_LIBRARY CURSES_INCLUDE_PATH) > libncurses is missing on target. Skipping flowtop build. > > I've never had this problem before. I haven't been able to solve it > yet. Any tips? > > Thanks > Jon --
