Can't compile: missing libcurses

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Chalnoth
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Can't compile: missing libcurses

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Firstly, my PC got through the configure script without a hitch, but it won't compile without this library.

I'm using SLED 10, and have the vendor-supplied ncurses libraries installed, but it can't find the curses library. What is this library and where do I get it?

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Post by BFeely »

Make sure you have the ncurses-devel or equivalent package installed. The ncurses package you installed may only be a runtime package.

If you do not plan on using the ZSNES debugger, you can instead add --disable-debugger to the configure command line.
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Post by Nach »

If you have ncurses but no curses link to it, add it yourself.

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ln -s /usr/lib/libncurses.so /usr/lib/libcurses.so
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Post by Chalnoth »

Nach wrote:If you have ncurses but no curses link to it, add it yourself.

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ln -s /usr/lib/libcurses.so /usr/lib/libncurses.so
Ah, excellent, that did the trick :)
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