Looks like you have something screwed up. I would try to remove libncurses4-dev and install libncurses5-dev. BTW... I'm using Debian 2.2_r2 that is why the "potato1" shows up in my "dpkg -l" listing below.
Here is my /lib (I removed owner/group): (The first symb link is the one I had to add.) # ls -l /lib|grep curse lrwxrwxrwx 1 17 Jan 2 20:59 libncurses.so -> libncurses.so.5.0 lrwxrwxrwx 1 17 Jan 2 20:05 libncurses.so.4 -> libncurses.so.4.2 -rw-r--r-- 1 238700 Mar 5 2000 libncurses.so.4.2 lrwxrwxrwx 1 17 Jan 2 20:04 libncurses.so.5 -> libncurses.so.5.0 -rw-r--r-- 1 233816 Nov 21 22:55 libncurses.so.5.0 Here is my /usr/lib (I removed owner/group): # ls -l /usr/lib|grep curse lrwxrwxrwx 1 12 Jan 2 20:33 libcurses.a -> libncurses.a lrwxrwxrwx 1 13 Jan 2 20:33 libcurses.so -> libncurses.so -rw-r--r-- 1 235558 Nov 21 22:55 libncurses++.a -rw-r--r-- 1 381726 Nov 21 22:55 libncurses.a lrwxrwxrwx 1 20 Jan 2 20:33 libncurses.so -> /lib/libncurses.so.5 lrwxrwxrwx 1 12 Jan 2 20:33 libtermcap.a -> libncurses.a lrwxrwxrwx 1 13 Jan 2 20:33 libtermcap.so -> libncurses.so -- Christopher W. Aiken, Scenery Hill, Pa, USA chris at cwaiken dot com, www.cwaiken.com Current O/S: Debian GNU/Linux 2.2_r2 On 10 Jan 2001, Giulio Morgan wrote: ->"Christopher W. Aiken" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: -> ->> On 10 Jan 2001, David Z Maze wrote: ->> ->> ->Christopher W Aiken <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: ->> ->CWA> I had libcurses problems when I tried to compile an application ->> ->CWA> (pine 4.31 I think, can't remember). What I had to do was: ->> ->CWA> ->> ->CWA> cd /lib ->> ->CWA> ln -sf libncurses.so.5.0 libncurses ->> ->CWA> ->> ->CWA> The compile/link was looking for "libncurses" and there was ->> ->CWA> none. The symb link created by the above ln command worked. ->> -> ->> ->Don't do that by hand. Install the appropriate -dev package ->> ->(libncurses-dev, probably) instead; it should install the needed ->> ->header files, create that symbolic link, and possibly also install a ->> ->static library. ->> -> ->> ->> I already have libncurses installed and STILL had to set up the symb link. ->> ->> # dpkg -l | grep ncurses ->> ii libncurses4 4.2-9 Shared libraries for terminal handling ->> ii libncurses5 5.0-6.0potato1 Shared libraries for terminal handling ->> ii libncurses5-de 5.0-6.0potato1 Developer's libraries and docs for ncurses ->> ii ncurses-base 5.0-6.0potato1 Descriptions of common terminal types ->> ii ncurses-bin 5.0-6.0potato1 Terminal-related programs and man pages ->> ii ncurses-term 5.0-6.0potato1 Additional terminal type definitions ->> ->> -- ->> Christopher W. Aiken, Scenery Hill, Pa, USA -> ->Thank you Christopher and David. -> ->I have tried a combination of you suggestions, with no luck. -> ->First, I tried to install libncurses5-Dev, but apt complained as follows: -> ->Sorry, but the following packages have unmet dependencies: -> libncurses5-dev: Depends: libncurses5 (= 5.0-6.0potato1) but 5.0-8 is to be -> installed ->E: Sorry, broken packages -> ->I then created the synb link manually per Christopher's suggestion, and this ->had no effect (so I rm'ed the "libncurses" file). Then, -> -># dpkg -l | grep ncurses ->ii libncurses4 4.2-9 Shared libraries for terminal handling ->ii libncurses4-de 4.2-9 Developer's libraries and docs for ncurses ->ii libncurses5 5.0-8 Shared libraries for terminal handling ->ii ncurses-base 5.0-8 Descriptions of common terminal types ->ii ncurses-bin 5.0-8 Terminal-related programs and man pages ->ii ncurses-term 5.0-8 Additional terminal type definitions ->ii ncurses3.4 1.9.9g-8.11 Video terminal manipulation - shared librari ->ii typist 2.3.1-1 A simple ncurses typing tutor -> ->Sorry for asking what must be an obvious question, but...Does it appear from ->the directory structure included in the original post (included again below for ->convenience) that there is something obviously wrong - ->/lib/libcurses.so.1.0.0xo? -> ->Thanks for your time and help -> ->-- ->Giulio Morgan ->[EMAIL PROTECTED] -> ->from /lib -> root root 18 Aug 26 1999 libcurses.so.1 -> libcurses.so.1.0.0 -> root root 52641 May 18 1995 libcurses.so.1.0.0xo -> root root 19 Jul 5 2000 libtermcap.so.2 -> libtermcap.so.2.0.8 -> root root 10500 Feb 3 2000 libtermcap.so.2.0.8 -> root root 242644 Oct 30 1998 libncurses.so.3.4 -> root root 238700 Mar 5 2000 libncurses.so.4.2 -> root root 17 Nov 27 08:26 libncurses.so.5 -> libncurses.so.5.0 -> ->----- ->from /usr/lib -> root root 12 Jul 5 2000 libcurses.a -> libncurses.a -> root root 13 Jul 5 2000 libcurses.so -> libncurses.so -> root root 20 Nov 25 22:59 libcurses.so.1 -> /lib/libncurses.so.5 -> root root 372674 Mar 5 2000 libncurses.a -> root root 20 Jul 5 2000 libncurses.so -> /lib/libncurses.so.4 -> ->perms removed for legibility ->
