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Asked: 2013-03-21 03:34:07 +0800 CST

How do I install ncurses header files?

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I was trying to configure the kernel and I got the following error. Can somebody please tell me what I should do?

root@nitr-desktop:/usr/src/linux# 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 1
make: *** [menuconfig] Error 2
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3 Answers

  1. Open up your terminal and install libncurses-dev by using this command:

    sudo apt-get install libncurses-dev
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  2. Above problem solved now. all I did was:

    sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install ncurses-dev
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  3. Tested on Ubuntu 17.04

    You should install libncurses5-dev and libncursesw5-dev:

    apt install libncurses5-dev libncursesw5-dev

    References: https://www.cyberciti.biz/faq/linux-install-ncurses-library-headers-on-debian-ubuntu-centos-fedora/

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