Can't compile: missing libcurses

Chalnoth · Post by **Chalnoth** » Sat Jul 29, 2006 9:03 am

Firstly, my PC got through the configure script without a hitch, but it won't compile without this library.

I'm using SLED 10, and have the vendor-supplied ncurses libraries installed, but it can't find the curses library. What is this library and where do I get it?

Thanks

BFeely · Post by **BFeely** » Sat Jul 29, 2006 4:00 pm

Make sure you have the ncurses-devel or equivalent package installed. The ncurses package you installed may only be a runtime package.

If you do not plan on using the ZSNES debugger, you can instead add --disable-debugger to the configure command line.

Post by **Nach** » Sat Jul 29, 2006 8:01 pm

If you have ncurses but no curses link to it, add it yourself.

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ln -s /usr/lib/libncurses.so /usr/lib/libcurses.so

Chalnoth · Post by **Chalnoth** » Mon Jul 31, 2006 1:28 am

Nach wrote:If you have ncurses but no curses link to it, add it yourself.
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ln -s /usr/lib/libcurses.so /usr/lib/libncurses.so

Ah, excellent, that did the trick