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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.carno.net.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!news.rmit.EDU.AU!news.unimelb.EDU.AU!munnari.OZ.AU!news.ecn.uoknor.edu!feed1.news.erols.com!howland.erols.net!EU.net!uknet!usenet1.news.uk.psi.net!uknet!dispatch.news.demon.net!demon!xciv.demon.co.uk!xciv.demon.co.uk!usenet From: paul@xciv.org (Paul Civati) Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.netbsd.misc Subject: Re: Ncurses! Foiled again! Date: 28 Dec 1996 18:04:43 GMT Organization: XCIV Lines: 39 Message-ID: <5a3nfr$8r@xciv.demon.co.uk> References: <59o2r2$9bf@newshost.lanl.gov> Reply-To: paul@xciv.org NNTP-Posting-Host: pantera.xciv.org X-NNTP-Posting-Host: xciv.demon.co.uk Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Newsreader: knews 0.9.8 Xref: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au comp.unix.bsd.netbsd.misc:5033 In article <59o2r2$9bf@newshost.lanl.gov>, chu@chief.lanl.gov (Kelvin Chu) writes: > 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. Oh, I remember this problem, and it's a right bas*ard, I must remember to start making porting notes, because I can't remember the solution. :( > which (eventually) makes the ncurses stuff and puts it into /usr/lib > and /usr/bin. Hmm, I think I had mine install under /usr/local, but anyway. > 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. I think the solution is to fiddle around with the configure script, and change some paths around, or supply some different search path parameters, but as I recall that didn't help much. It's a shame that I didn't make any notes as I spent ages getting it to work. :( Sorry to not be of much help. > 2. Is this a problem that is solved by another BSD that has > been ported to the m68k platforms? Install a different o/s just to get one app working? ;) -Paul- -- Paul Civati =O= Home: paul@xciv.org =O= http://www.xciv.org/ London UK =O= Home: paul@xciv.demon.co.uk =O= Slackware is.