gdb: fatal: libncurses.so.5: open failed: No such file or dir ectory

Mary Burak
2003-03-21T17:50:46Z

Hi,

I've installed gdb 5.3 on a Solaris 2.8 machine by running:

./configure
./make
./make install

No errors were encountered during any of these runs. I set my CC to gcc,
then ran gdb as root and received the error:

ld.so.1: gdb: fatal: libncurses.so.5: open failed: No such file or
directory
Killed

I don't have the libncurses.so.5, and can't find it for Solaris, only Linux.
I searched the gdb web site, but didn't see anything that says what to do
about this.

Any help would be greatly appreciated.

thank you,
Mary Burak
Technical Support Engineer
NetIQ Corporation
3553 North First Street
San Jose, CA 95134
Support: 503-223-3023
mailto: support@netiq.com