* Build script using gcc fails - missing ncurses?
@ 2015-03-17 13:02 Fergus Daly
2015-03-17 13:12 ` Fergus Daly
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From: Fergus Daly @ 2015-03-17 13:02 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: 'cygwin@cygwin.com'; +Cc: Fergus Daly
A build script I have used forever containing the line
gcc -o execname ./{various.a} -lncurses
has failed in a new installation today of Cygwin, with the error message
ld: cannot find -lncurses
collect2: error: ld returned 1 exit status
The installation script to build Cygwin has not altered, taking the form
setup-x86 -P (list of packages}
unchanged between <old installation, not more than 3 months old> and <new installation, today>
But a comparison of new installed.db with old installed.db shows that the new installation lacks various library components that the old installation possesses, including all of
libncurses10 libncurses10-5.9-20150307-1.tar.bz2 0
libncurses8 libncurses8-5.5-10.tar.bz2 0
libncurses-devel libncurses-devel-5.9-20150307-1.tar.bz2 0
libncursesw-devel libncursesw-devel-5.9-20150307-1.tar.bz2 0
(and a few others besides).
Although the {list of packages} called for the installation 3 months ago and the installation today is unchanged, something has led to the reduced provision. Can anybody help me recover whatever is necessary to make the line
gcc ... -lncurses
work as it used to?
Thank you.
Fergus
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* RE: Build script using gcc fails - missing ncurses?
2015-03-17 13:02 Build script using gcc fails - missing ncurses? Fergus Daly
@ 2015-03-17 13:12 ` Fergus Daly
2015-03-17 20:46 ` Achim Gratz
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From: Fergus Daly @ 2015-03-17 13:12 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: 'cygwin@cygwin.com'; +Cc: Fergus Daly
> A build script I have used forever containing the line
> gcc -o execname ./{various.a} -lncurses
> has failed in a new installation today of Cygwin, with the error message
> ld: cannot find -lncurses
> collect2: error: ld returned 1 exit status
> The installation script to build Cygwin has not altered, taking the form
> setup-x86 -P (list of packages}
> unchanged between <old installation, not more than 3 months old> and <new installation, today>
PS Adding ',ncurses' to {list of packages} has made no difference: still getting error message ".. cannot find -lncurses".
Fergus
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* Re: Build script using gcc fails - missing ncurses?
2015-03-17 13:12 ` Fergus Daly
@ 2015-03-17 20:46 ` Achim Gratz
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From: Achim Gratz @ 2015-03-17 20:46 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: cygwin
Fergus Daly writes:
> PS Adding ',ncurses' to {list of packages} has made no difference:
> still getting error message ".. cannot find -lncurses".
Yes, as you already wrote yourself when asking your question, you are
missing the package "libcurses-devel".
Regards,
Achim.
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