apt-get is not working properly

[Niamathullah sharief]

Actually it is not only my distro problem.

I am trying to compile kernel in Ubuntu.

I am getting the following error and i am unable to rectify it.










*mamse at mamse-ThinkCentre-M80:~/linux-3.15.8$ make menuconfig *** Unable to
find the ncurses libraries or the *** required header files. *** 'make
menuconfig' requires the ncurses libraries. ***  *** Install ncurses
(ncurses-devel) and try again. *** make[1]: ***
[scripts/kconfig/dochecklxdialog] Error 1make: *** [menuconfig] Error
2mamse at mamse-ThinkCentre-M80:~/linux-3.15.8$*


On Fri, Aug 1, 2014 at 11:19 AM, David kiarie <davidkiarie4 at gmail.com>
wrote:

> In future, ask this distro related questions on the ubuntu forums, or
> even try google :-)
>
> Looking at your problem it seems that ncurses-devel is not the package
> name for what you are looking for.
>
> You could try, "apt-cache search ncurses",  from the list, get the
> name of the package you are looking for.
>
> On Fri, Aug 1, 2014 at 8:44 AM, Niamathullah sharief
> <newbiesha at gmail.com> wrote:
> > Dear Friends
> >
> > I am trying to install my ncurses package in my Ubuntu Distro.
> >
> > I am getting the following error. But i dont know what is the problem.
> Can
> > anyone help me
> >
> > Code:
> >
> > mamse at mamse-ThinkCentre-M80:~/linux-3.15.8$ sudo apt-get install
> > ncurses-develReading package lists... Done
> > Building dependency tree
> > Reading state information... Done
> > E: Unable to locate package ncurses-devel
> > mamse at mamse-ThinkCentre-M80:~/linux-3.15.8$
> >
> >
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