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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
Open up your terminal and install libncurses-dev by using this command:
sudo apt-get install libncurses-dev
apt-cache show libncurses-dev yields N: Can't select versions from package 'libncurses-dev' as it is purely virtual, which means I could install it like the answer says.
Oct 4, 2016 at 16:46
cannot find -lncursesw which I solved using the other answer: apt install libncurses5-dev libncursesw5-dev. Upvote it too.
Feb 11, 2019 at 23:51
Above problem solved now. all I did was:
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install ncurses-dev
Note, selecting 'libncurses5-dev' instead of 'ncurses-dev'. But I specifically need libncurses-dev instead of libncurses5-dev.
Nov 24, 2019 at 9:21
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/
