[AktiviX-discuss] learning ./configure

[gdm]

On Wed, Aug 19, 2009 at 03:02:01PM +0200, ekes wrote:
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> On 18/08/09 21:54, r7 wrote:
> > r7 at box:~$ ./configure --program-suffix=_SNAPSHOT
> > [snip]
> > configure: error: Either ncurses or ncursesw library is required to
> 
> > but i'm sure i have it installed:
> > 
> > r7 at box:~$ dpkg -l libncursesw5 | grep libncursesw5
> > ii  libncursesw5                         5.7+20081213-1
> 
> > so the question is, how do i tell ./configure how to find it?
> 
> To build against a library you usually need the -dev version of the
> package as well - so in this case I'm guessing
>   libncursesw5-dev - developer's libraries for ncursesw
> will do you for this stage at least.

you can also often specify the path to the missing library - i can't
quite remember how, but maybe './configure --help' will give you some
clues?

solidarity,

	--gdm
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