Installed ncurses, now how do I get my app to use it?

[Ryan Schmidt]

On Apr 26, 2008, at 6:02 PM, Timur Tabi wrote:

> I'm trying to cross-compile the Linux kernel.  I've gotten pretty  
> far, but "make menuconfig" fails with this message:
>
>  *** Unable to find the ncurses libraries or the
>  *** required header files.
>  *** 'make menuconfig' requires the ncurses libraries.
>  ***
>  *** Install ncurses (ncurses-devel) and try again.
>  ***
>
> I have ncurses installed via darwinports:

It's called MacPorts.

> $ sudo port list ncurses
> ncurses                        @5.6            devel/ncurses
>
> So how do I get the "menuconfig" command to use the version of  
> ncurses installed in /opt/local?
>
> I'm sure this is a common problem, but I've searched the Wiki, the  
> FAQ, and the mailing list archive and couldn't find any answers.

Try adding -I/opt/local/include to your CPPFLAGS and -L/opt/local/lib  
to your LDFLAGS.