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Building in Unbuntu fails #44
Description
Trying to build in Ubuntu (within Docker) and I get this:
checking for ANSI C header files... yes
checking for keypad in -ltinfo... no
checking for refresh in -lncursesw6... no
checking for refresh in -lncursesw... no
checking for addnwstr in -lncurses... no
configure: error: You may want to use --disable-unicode or install libncursesw.
root@5a21ab58be53:~/dit-0.6# apt install libncursesw
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
E: Unable to locate package libncursesw
root@5a21ab58be53:~/dit-0.6# apt install ncursesw
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
E: Unable to locate package ncursesw
root@5a21ab58be53:~/dit-0.6# apt install ncurses
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
E: Unable to locate package ncurses
root@5a21ab58be53:~/dit-0.6# apt install libncurses5
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
libncurses5 is already the newest version (6.0+20160213-1ubuntu1).
0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
Is it because only the latest ncurses is supported?
Would it be possible to provide binaries for dit? Or a Docker image? I just want to try it out but seems like a hassle to build/compile.
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hishamhm commentedon Jul 8, 2022
You need the
devpackage for ncurses when compiling (I think it's calledlibncurses-devon Ubuntu)afl5c commentedon Jul 9, 2022
Oh okay thanks, that is the correct package name. I installed it, and it fixed the "keypad in -ltinfo" check, but not the other ones:
I tried "--disable-unicode" and ./configure was able to finish, and I was able to compile (with "make" and "make install"). However, I'm not sure how to run dit, haha. If I do
...nothing seems to happen. The executable appears to start and block for input, but nothing appears on the screen. I am able to exit with ctlr-c:
I probably won't have time to look into this more, so I'll just close the thread. But just letting you know in case you want to investigate further.