Jan 19, 2009

Error: /usr/bin/ld: cannot find -lncurses

If you receive this error message, here's a possible solution:

apt-get install libncurses5-dev

OR in Synaptics Manager install libncurses5-dev

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Posted by at 7:00 PM
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14 comments:

  1. AnonymousFebruary 7, 2010 at 9:24 PM

    thankyou for putting this...i found it very useful when installing xen on debian lenny...thanx again

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  2. Tri NguyenFebruary 7, 2010 at 11:09 PM

    Hi, thank you for the kind comments. I'm glad it helped!

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  3. AnonymousMarch 10, 2010 at 10:45 PM

    thank you for this solution it helped me alot

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  4. AnonymousJune 27, 2010 at 3:06 AM

    same here :), thx!

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  5. AnonymousDecember 16, 2010 at 4:04 PM

    sheesh, thanks...

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  6. AnonymousAugust 4, 2011 at 12:30 AM

    Thanks a lot... it helped me a lot...

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  7. AnonymousNovember 23, 2011 at 3:09 AM

    Thanks. Helped me too

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  8. AnonymousApril 15, 2012 at 8:57 AM

    i receive same error and tried as u said but not getting solved above problem and getting message as follows:

    E: could not open lock file /var/lib/dpkg/lock - open(l3: permission denied)
    E: unable to lock the administration directory (/var/lib/dpkg/), are you root?

    so what is solution for this plz let me know if possible???

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  9. Tri NguyenApril 15, 2012 at 11:21 AM

    Yes, you must have sudo or admin rights...add

    sudo

    to the command above. Cheers!

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  10. AnonymousApril 18, 2012 at 11:12 AM

    Thanks ... The information is still relevant...
    It is precise and works perfect...

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  11. AnonymousJuly 27, 2012 at 7:29 PM

    Thanks! Very helpful!

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  12. AnonymousOctober 1, 2012 at 9:48 PM

    A hero, spot on to solve the problem!
    This deserves the google search top page

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  13. UnknownNovember 6, 2012 at 8:29 PM

    Thanks a lot, it helped me to install Readline

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  14. PieterFebruary 28, 2013 at 1:57 PM

    Thanks! :D

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