[NTLUG:Discuss] mysql configure/make head-banger

[Kelledin]

On Tuesday 30 July 2002 10:00 am, Dennis Daupert wrote:
> I should probably be slapped. I got excited, cuz after doing
> the edit you suggested
> I got another error msg (progress!):
> gcc: installation problem, cannot exec `cc1plus': No such file
> or directory
>
> Based on that, I did a google search on cc1plus, saw some
> references to c++, gpp, and so on, and installed C++ and
> libraries from SuSE's cds.
>
> Then I got a complaint from make that "/usr/lib/curses: file
> not recognized: Is a directory"
> so I took out the configure flag pointing there, and now
> configure nags:
>
> checking for tgetent in -lncurses... no
> checking for tgetent in -lcurses... no
> checking for tgetent in -ltermcap... no
> checking for termcap functions library... configure: error: No
> curses/termcap library found
>
> At this point, I'm not sure whether to crap or go blind. Do
> you have some advice?

Hmm...could you perhaps be missing ncurses-devel?  Most 
non-source-based distros split up packages which include headers 
and static libraries (i.e. when compiling ncurses, the package 
manager creates package ncurses and package ncurses-devel), 
simply because these files aren't required at run-time, only at 
compile-time.

I'd do an "rpm -qa | grep -i curses" and see what it tells you.  
Running "updatedb && locate ncurses.h" and posting the output 
might be informative as well...

Also, if you examine the config.log file after ./configure dies, 
the end of the file usually gives you some details about why a 
test failed.  Feel free to post the config.log here if you feel 
like it. ;)

-- 
Kelledin
"If a server crashes in a server farm and no one pings it, does 
it still cost four figures to fix?"