I had this same error when trying to install it as a ruby gem.
I succeeded installing it from macports.
`sudo port install sup` should work.
-- Andrew Farrell
On Fri, Jun 3, 2011 at 2:16 PM, John Toohey <j...@parspro.com> wrote:
> Just found this project, but having difficulty installing Sup. On OSX
> I get the following :-
>
> ERROR: Error installing sup:
> ERROR: Failed to build gem native extension.
>
> /System/Library/Frameworks/Ruby.framework/Versions/1.8/usr/bin/ruby
> extconf.rb
> checking for unistd.h... yes
> checking for locale.h... yes
> checking for ncurses.h... yes
> checking for wmove() in -lncursesw... no
> checking for wmove() in -lpdcurses... no
> *** extconf.rb failed ***
> Could not create Makefile due to some reason, probably lack of
> necessary libraries and/or headers. Check the mkmf.log file for more
> details. You may need configuration options.
>
> Provided configuration options:
> --with-opt-dir
> --without-opt-dir
> --with-opt-include
> --without-opt-include=${opt-dir}/include
> --with-opt-lib
> --without-opt-lib=${opt-dir}/lib
> --with-make-prog
> --without-make-prog
> --srcdir=.
> --curdir
>
> --ruby=/System/Library/Frameworks/Ruby.framework/Versions/1.8/usr/bin/ruby
> --with-ncurseswlib
> --without-ncurseswlib
> --with-pdcurseslib
> --without-pdcurseslib
> extconf.rb:46: ncurses library not found (RuntimeError)
>
>
> Gem files will remain installed in
> /Library/Ruby/Gems/1.8/gems/ncursesw-1.2.4.3 for inspection.
> Results logged to /Library/Ruby/Gems/1.8/gems/ncursesw-1.2.4.3/gem_make.out
>
>
> Gem version is 1.3.5, and Ruby is ruby 1.8.7 (2009-06-12 patchlevel
> 174) [universal-darwin10.0]
>
> My /opt/local/lib has libncurses installed, but being new to Ruby, I
> am not sure how Ruby searches for libraries. Any help would be
> appreciated.
>
> --
> ~JT
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