Hi all ! I'm trying to compile a new (2.4.13) kernel on an old 486 box. When I try to configure it with "make menuconfig" I get the following error:
===== Start of the error message ===== rm -f include/asm ( cd include ; ln -sf asm-i386 asm) make -C scripts/lxdialog all make[1]: Entering directory `/usr/src/linux/scripts/lxdialog' /usr/bin/ld: cannot find -Incurses collect2: ld returned 1 exit status >> Unable to find the Ncurses libraries. >> >> You must have Ncurses installed in order >> to use 'make menuconfig' make[1]: *** [ncurses] Error 1 make[1]: Leaving directory `/usr/src/linux/scripts/lxdialog' make: *** [menuconfig] Error 2 ===== End of the error message ===== So, 'make menuconfig' claims that ncurses is not installed. Searching for 'ncurses' in dselect shows that libncurses5, ncurses-base, ncurses-bin and ncurses-term are installed. libncurses5-dev and libncurses5-dbg are not installed. The box is a recent potato installation upgraded to woody, running as a proxy. This is the first time I try to compile the kernel on this machine, and I never had problems compiling the kernel before on other boxes. I use kernel-package. Any help on this ?? Thanks in advance !! Daniel -- "There is no spoon..." - The Matrix
