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From: chu@chief.lanl.gov (Kelvin Chu)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.netbsd.misc
Subject: Ncurses! Foiled again!
Date: 24 Dec 1996 08:04:50 GMT
Organization: Los Alamos National Laboratory
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Hi all;
First off, let me apologize is this is a FAQ; I'm pretty sure that
I've read all the on-line FAQs, but I might have missed something. It
may also be more of a UN*Xy question than a NetBSD question, but I am
curious about how to install ncurses correctly so that ncftp doesn't
complain about old NetBSD curses library.
I've spent some time recently trying to get the ncurses package to
compile and install in such a way so that ncftp doesn't bitch and moan
about the 'bad' curses package.
System: MacIIsi, 17 M, 400Meg BSD partition.
Kernel: NetBSD 1.2 Generic
ncurses: 1.9.9e from the GNU archive.
ncftp: 2.4.2 from the official distribution site.
ncurses compiles just fine, I used:
./configure --with-shared --prefix=/usr --disable-termcap --with-profile
which (eventually) makes the ncurses stuff and puts it into /usr/lib
and /usr/bin.
The ncftp install, however, isn't able to find the ncurses stuff at
all. A quick 'ldconfig -r' showed that lncurses wasn't in the hints
file, even after rebooting, so I cp'd libncurses.so to
libncurses.so.1.9 and then it showed up in /var/run/ld.so.hints.
4:-lncurses.1.9 => /usr/lib/libncurses.so.1.9
Still, ncftp's configure can't find the ncurses lib and still goes
around saying that I need to go to prep.ai.mit.edu and get the ncurses
lib.
1. Are there any words of wisdom as to what I'm doing wrong? I
appreciate any guidance you can give.
2. Is this a problem that is solved by another BSD that has
been ported to the m68k platforms?
Thanks very much. Happy Holidays to you all.
Cheers. --k
--
Kelvin Chu
Biophysics Group P-21
Mail Stop D454 Phone: 1.505.665.1983
Los Alamos National Lab FAX: 1.505.665.4507
Los Alamos, NM , 87545 U.S.A. chu@biophysics.lanl.gov
--
Kelvin Chu
Biophysics Group P-21
Mail Stop D454 Phone: 1.505.665.1983
Los Alamos National Lab FAX: 1.505.665.4507
Los Alamos, NM , 87545 U.S.A. chu@biophysics.lanl.gov