gdb configure error: no termcap library found

gdb configure error: no termcap library found

[Erik Leunissen]

When compiling the gdb-6.4 source package, the build comes to a halt 
when the ./configure script in the gdb directory is run:

     configure: error: no termcap library found

I have trouble to make this error message correspond with the actual 
output of the following command:

 > locate *libncurses.so*
/lib/libncurses.so.5
/lib/libncurses.so.5.3
/usr/lib/libncurses.so.1.9.7a
/usr/lib/libncurses.so.2.1
/usr/lib/libncurses.so.4
/usr/lib/libncurses.so.4.2

Can somebody please help me find out what's wrong?


Thanks in advance,

Erik Leunissen

Re: gdb configure error: no termcap library found

[Steve Eaton]

I had something similar a while back.   I actually had termcap available and still got errors.  Seems to me I did something simple like adding the ncurses-devel.

Steve

>>> Erik Leunissen <e.leunissen@hccnet.nl> 11/05/06 10:16 AM >>>
When compiling the gdb-6.4 source package, the build comes to a halt 
when the ./configure script in the gdb directory is run:

     configure: error: no termcap library found

I have trouble to make this error message correspond with the actual 
output of the following command:

 > locate *libncurses.so*
/lib/libncurses.so.5
/lib/libncurses.so.5.3
/usr/lib/libncurses.so.1.9.7a
/usr/lib/libncurses.so.2.1
/usr/lib/libncurses.so.4
/usr/lib/libncurses.so.4.2

Can somebody please help me find out what's wrong?


Thanks in advance,

Erik Leunissen

Re: gdb configure error: no termcap library found

[Erik Leunissen]

Steve Eaton wrote:
> I had something similar a while back.   I actually had termcap available and still got errors.  Seems to me I did something simple like adding the ncurses-devel.
> 

That did the trick indeed.

Thanks.


For the maintainers in this mailing list: would it be wise to change the 
error message ("configure: error: no termcap library found")?

To me, the message was misleading, because:
- a termcap library actually was present
- the configure script appeared to be needing other files besides the 
library (header files, ... ).


Cheers,

Erik Leunissen