[AktiviX-discuss] learning ./configure
Robin Green
greenrd at greenrd.org
Wed Aug 19 11:46:57 UTC 2009
apt-get install libncursesw5-dev
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Robin
On Tue, 18 Aug 2009 21:54:58 +0200
r7 <r7 at aktivix.org> wrote:
> hi all
>
> though i've used linux for a fair few years, i have always been an
> 'install via apt-get' kinda person. i have never done the ./configure,
> make, make install route.
>
> for my personal calendar i use calcurse [0]. i think i may have
> identified a bug and the author has advised me to install the latest
> snapshot version [1] to see if it's fixed.
>
> please note the following code:
>
> r7 at box:~$ ./configure --program-suffix=_SNAPSHOT
> [snip]
> checking for initscr in -lncursesw... no
> checking for initscr in -lncurses... no
> configure: error: Either ncurses or ncursesw library is required to
> build calcurse!
> r7 at box:~$
>
> but i'm sure i have it installed:
>
> r7 at box:~$ dpkg -l libncursesw5 | grep libncursesw5
> ii libncursesw5 5.7+20081213-1
> shared libraries for terminal handling (wide character support)
> r7 at box:~$
>
> so the question is, how do i tell ./configure how to find it?
>
> thanks in advance.
>
> r7
>
> [0] http://www.culot.org/calcurse/
> [1] http://www.culot.org/cgi-bin/cvsweb.cgi/calcurse/
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