kubuntu 7.04 - curses missing...help the n00b :)

nicksbrain · Post by **nicksbrain** » Fri Apr 20, 2007 10:44 am

hi everybody,

I decided to try out kubuntu linux and drop my windows, this means, i have to install one of my favourite applications (zsnes of course

under linux.
I searched the forum and found the nice description (http://board.zsnes.com/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?t=7371) I do everything as stated (apt-get installed all the packages, no errors), but it just says

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something@nicksbrain:~/zsnes_1_51/src$ ./autogen.sh --enable-libao
Generating build information using aclocal and autoconf...
checking build system type... i686-pc-linux-gnu
checking host system type... i686-pc-linux-gnu
checking target system type... i686-pc-linux-gnu
checking for a BSD-compatible install... /usr/bin/install -c
checking for gcc... gcc
checking for C compiler default output file name... a.out
checking whether the C compiler works... yes
checking whether we are cross compiling... no
checking for suffix of executables...
checking for suffix of object files... o
checking whether we are using the GNU C compiler... yes
checking whether gcc accepts -g... yes
checking for gcc option to accept ISO C89... none needed
checking for g++... g++
checking whether we are using the GNU C++ compiler... yes
checking whether g++ accepts -g... yes
checking for nasm... nasm
checking for sdl-config... /usr/bin/sdl-config
checking for SDL - version >= 1.2.0... yes
checking for zlib - version >= 1.2.3... yes
checking for libpng - version >= 1.2.0... yes
checking if you want the zsnes debugger... yes
checking for initscr in -lcurses... no
checking for initscr in -lncurses... no
checking for initscr in -lpdcurses... no
configure: error: A curses library is required to use the debugger

I searched for this curses, tried to install, apt-get just says it doesn't know anything like that, searched the forums, but didn't succeed in finding...

any help how to get zsnes on my 7.04 kubuntu running would be greatly appreciated

have a good day

nick

...and yes...I'm NEW to linux, so don't laugh :p

franpa · Post by **franpa** » Fri Apr 20, 2007 11:02 am

http://board.zsnes.com/phpBB2/viewtopic ... ght=curses

nicksbrain · Post by **nicksbrain** » Fri Apr 20, 2007 11:32 am

thanks for the reply, the problem was, I didn't find the package in my apt-get, so finally (I could ha vethought of that before posting though) I downloaded ncurses, installed, and everything runs fine as far as i see...
playing all my favourite games now on linux

thanks so much

nick

franpa · Post by **franpa** » Fri Apr 20, 2007 12:01 pm

no problem

Noxious Ninja · Post by **Noxious Ninja** » Fri Apr 20, 2007 4:44 pm

nicksbrain wrote:thanks for the reply, the problem was, I didn't find the package in my apt-get, so finally (I could ha vethought of that before posting though) I downloaded ncurses, installed, and everything runs fine as far as i see...
playing all my favourite games now on linux

thanks so much

nick

apt-cache search curses