Can't install lib32ncurses5-dev or ia32-libs

Question

I'm trying to install Android source and I keep getting this error. I kept with the installation but seems these packages are sort of required to have a complete and successful installation.

this is my error

Package lib32ncurses5-dev is not available, but is referred to by another package.

This may mean that the package is missing, has been obsoleted, or is only available from another source

Package ia32-libs is not available, but is referred to by another package.
This may mean that the package is missing, has been obsoleted, or
is only available from another source

E: Package 'lib32ncurses5-dev' has no installation candidate
E: Package 'ia32-libs' has no installation candidate
E: Unable to locate package lib32readline5-dev
E: Unable to locate package lib32z-dev

I have a VM with Ubuntu on Intel® Core™ i5-2300 CPU @ 2.80GHz and 32-bit system

Answer 1

ia32-libs is in the universe component. It sounds like you don't have this repository enabled.

You need to enable it, either in Software Center -> Software Sources, or by editing /etc/apt/sources.list and uncommenting lines with universe at the end.

Don't forget to do an apt-get update (or press Update in Update Manager)

Answer 2

This problem existed on Ubuntu 11.10.

I solved the issue by opening a terminal and used the following command:

sudo apt-get install libncurses5-dev:i386