Problem with ncurses when making "make menuconfig"

[Ricardo Diz]

Hi!   I tried to config my kernel using "make menuconfig" in a console and it exited with       /usr/bin/ld : cannot find -lncurses     collect2: ld returned 1 exit status       >> Unable to find the Ncurses libraries   although I have ncurses installed.   I can use "make xconfig" in a X environment but I rather do it in a console.   I tried to reinstall ncurses (ncurses-base, ncurses-term and libncurses5)  with no sucess in my next attempt. What should be the problem?   Thanks in advance, Ricardo Diz