<div dir="ltr"><font face="courier new, monospace">To run menuconfig programme you need &quot;ncurses&quot; package, which is not installed on your system</font><div><font face="courier new, monospace">That is the reason of your first problem.</font></div>
<div><font face="courier new, monospace">Now, your ubuntu version, looks like obsolete (i believe you installed it long time before)and is no longer supported anymore.</font></div><div><font face="courier new, monospace"><br>
</font></div><div><font face="courier new, monospace">If you update your ubuntu version, i guess you would be able to install ncurses and would be able to build (make menuconfig wont fail).</font></div><div><font face="courier new, monospace"><br>
</font></div><div><font face="courier new, monospace">Hope it would help.</font></div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Fri, Aug 1, 2014 at 9:30 PM,  <span dir="ltr">&lt;<a href="mailto:kernelnewbies-request@kernelnewbies.org" target="_blank">kernelnewbies-request@kernelnewbies.org</a>&gt;</span> wrote:<br>
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   1. apt-get is not working properly (Niamathullah sharief)<br>
   2. Process simulator (Niamathullah sharief)<br>
   3. Re: Process simulator (Raghavendra)<br>
   4. Re: apt-get is not working properly (Niamathullah sharief)<br>
   5. Re: apt-get is not working properly (Kristofer Hallin)<br>
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Date: Fri, 1 Aug 2014 11:14:05 +0530<br>
From: Niamathullah sharief &lt;<a href="mailto:newbiesha@gmail.com">newbiesha@gmail.com</a>&gt;<br>
Subject: apt-get is not working properly<br>
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Dear Friends<br>
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I am trying to install my ncurses package in my Ubuntu Distro.<br>
<br>
I am getting the following error. But i dont know what is the problem. Can<br>
anyone help me<br>
<br>
 Code:<br>
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mamse@mamse-ThinkCentre-M80:~/linux-3.15.8$ sudo apt-get install<br>
ncurses-develReading package lists... Done<br>
Building dependency tree<br>
Reading state information... Done<br>
E: Unable to locate package ncurses-devel<br>
mamse@mamse-ThinkCentre-M80:~/linux-3.15.8$<br>
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Date: Fri, 1 Aug 2014 11:16:39 +0530<br>
From: Niamathullah sharief &lt;<a href="mailto:newbiesha@gmail.com">newbiesha@gmail.com</a>&gt;<br>
Subject: Process simulator<br>
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Dear Friends,<br>
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Can anyone tell me how to find the process execution time in linux?<br>
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I mean how much time it is taking to execute any process in our<br>
conventional processor.<br>
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Please help me<br>
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Date: Fri, 01 Aug 2014 11:14:48 +0530<br>
From: Raghavendra &lt;<a href="mailto:arrao@cdac.in">arrao@cdac.in</a>&gt;<br>
Subject: Re: Process simulator<br>
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On Friday 01 August 2014 11:16 AM, Niamathullah sharief wrote:<br>
&gt; Dear Friends,<br>
&gt;<br>
&gt; Can anyone tell me how to find the process execution time in linux?<br>
&gt;<br>
&gt; I mean how much time it is taking to execute any process in our<br>
&gt; conventional processor.<br>
&gt;<br>
&gt; Please help me<br>
&gt;<br>
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Message: 4<br>
Date: Fri, 1 Aug 2014 11:25:33 +0530<br>
From: Niamathullah sharief &lt;<a href="mailto:newbiesha@gmail.com">newbiesha@gmail.com</a>&gt;<br>
Subject: Re: apt-get is not working properly<br>
To: David kiarie &lt;<a href="mailto:davidkiarie4@gmail.com">davidkiarie4@gmail.com</a>&gt;<br>
Cc: kernelnewbies &lt;<a href="mailto:Kernelnewbies@kernelnewbies.org">Kernelnewbies@kernelnewbies.org</a>&gt;<br>
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Actually it is not only my distro problem.<br>
<br>
I am trying to compile kernel in Ubuntu.<br>
<br>
I am getting the following error and i am unable to rectify it.<br>
<br>
<br>
<br>
<br>
<br>
<br>
<br>
<br>
<br>
<br>
*mamse@mamse-ThinkCentre-M80:~/linux-3.15.8$ make menuconfig *** Unable to<br>
find the ncurses libraries or the *** required header files. *** &#39;make<br>
menuconfig&#39; requires the ncurses libraries. ***  *** Install ncurses<br>
(ncurses-devel) and try again. *** make[1]: ***<br>
[scripts/kconfig/dochecklxdialog] Error 1make: *** [menuconfig] Error<br>
2mamse@mamse-ThinkCentre-M80:~/linux-3.15.8$*<br>
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On Fri, Aug 1, 2014 at 11:19 AM, David kiarie &lt;<a href="mailto:davidkiarie4@gmail.com">davidkiarie4@gmail.com</a>&gt;<br>
wrote:<br>
<br>
&gt; In future, ask this distro related questions on the ubuntu forums, or<br>
&gt; even try google :-)<br>
&gt;<br>
&gt; Looking at your problem it seems that ncurses-devel is not the package<br>
&gt; name for what you are looking for.<br>
&gt;<br>
&gt; You could try, &quot;apt-cache search ncurses&quot;,  from the list, get the<br>
&gt; name of the package you are looking for.<br>
&gt;<br>
&gt; On Fri, Aug 1, 2014 at 8:44 AM, Niamathullah sharief<br>
&gt; &lt;<a href="mailto:newbiesha@gmail.com">newbiesha@gmail.com</a>&gt; wrote:<br>
&gt; &gt; Dear Friends<br>
&gt; &gt;<br>
&gt; &gt; I am trying to install my ncurses package in my Ubuntu Distro.<br>
&gt; &gt;<br>
&gt; &gt; I am getting the following error. But i dont know what is the problem.<br>
&gt; Can<br>
&gt; &gt; anyone help me<br>
&gt; &gt;<br>
&gt; &gt; Code:<br>
&gt; &gt;<br>
&gt; &gt; mamse@mamse-ThinkCentre-M80:~/linux-3.15.8$ sudo apt-get install<br>
&gt; &gt; ncurses-develReading package lists... Done<br>
&gt; &gt; Building dependency tree<br>
&gt; &gt; Reading state information... Done<br>
&gt; &gt; E: Unable to locate package ncurses-devel<br>
&gt; &gt; mamse@mamse-ThinkCentre-M80:~/linux-3.15.8$<br>
&gt; &gt;<br>
&gt; &gt;<br>
&gt; &gt; _______________________________________________<br>
&gt; &gt; Kernelnewbies mailing list<br>
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Message: 5<br>
Date: Fri, 1 Aug 2014 08:06:06 +0200<br>
From: Kristofer Hallin &lt;<a href="mailto:kristofer.hallin@gmail.com">kristofer.hallin@gmail.com</a>&gt;<br>
Subject: Re: apt-get is not working properly<br>
To: Niamathullah sharief &lt;<a href="mailto:newbiesha@gmail.com">newbiesha@gmail.com</a>&gt;<br>
Cc: David kiarie &lt;<a href="mailto:davidkiarie4@gmail.com">davidkiarie4@gmail.com</a>&gt;,      kernelnewbies<br>
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IIRC the package name is libncurses5-dev. It will be quite hard for you to<br>
do any kernel  development if you can&#39;t solve this by yourself.<br>
On 1 Aug 2014 08:01, &quot;Niamathullah sharief&quot; &lt;<a href="mailto:newbiesha@gmail.com">newbiesha@gmail.com</a>&gt; wrote:<br>
<br>
&gt; Actually it is not only my distro problem.<br>
&gt;<br>
&gt; I am trying to compile kernel in Ubuntu.<br>
&gt;<br>
&gt; I am getting the following error and i am unable to rectify it.<br>
&gt;<br>
&gt;<br>
&gt;<br>
&gt;<br>
&gt;<br>
&gt;<br>
&gt;<br>
&gt;<br>
&gt;<br>
&gt;<br>
&gt; *mamse@mamse-ThinkCentre-M80:~/linux-3.15.8$ make menuconfig  *** Unable<br>
&gt; to find the ncurses libraries or the *** required header files. *** &#39;make<br>
&gt; menuconfig&#39; requires the ncurses libraries. ***  *** Install ncurses<br>
&gt; (ncurses-devel) and try again. *** make[1]: ***<br>
&gt; [scripts/kconfig/dochecklxdialog] Error 1make: *** [menuconfig] Error<br>
&gt; 2mamse@mamse-ThinkCentre-M80:~/linux-3.15.8$*<br>
&gt;<br>
&gt;<br>
&gt; On Fri, Aug 1, 2014 at 11:19 AM, David kiarie &lt;<a href="mailto:davidkiarie4@gmail.com">davidkiarie4@gmail.com</a>&gt;<br>
&gt; wrote:<br>
&gt;<br>
&gt;&gt; In future, ask this distro related questions on the ubuntu forums, or<br>
&gt;&gt; even try google :-)<br>
&gt;&gt;<br>
&gt;&gt; Looking at your problem it seems that ncurses-devel is not the package<br>
&gt;&gt; name for what you are looking for.<br>
&gt;&gt;<br>
&gt;&gt; You could try, &quot;apt-cache search ncurses&quot;,  from the list, get the<br>
&gt;&gt; name of the package you are looking for.<br>
&gt;&gt;<br>
&gt;&gt; On Fri, Aug 1, 2014 at 8:44 AM, Niamathullah sharief<br>
&gt;&gt; &lt;<a href="mailto:newbiesha@gmail.com">newbiesha@gmail.com</a>&gt; wrote:<br>
&gt;&gt; &gt; Dear Friends<br>
&gt;&gt; &gt;<br>
&gt;&gt; &gt; I am trying to install my ncurses package in my Ubuntu Distro.<br>
&gt;&gt; &gt;<br>
&gt;&gt; &gt; I am getting the following error. But i dont know what is the problem.<br>
&gt;&gt; Can<br>
&gt;&gt; &gt; anyone help me<br>
&gt;&gt; &gt;<br>
&gt;&gt; &gt; Code:<br>
&gt;&gt; &gt;<br>
&gt;&gt; &gt; mamse@mamse-ThinkCentre-M80:~/linux-3.15.8$ sudo apt-get install<br>
&gt;&gt; &gt; ncurses-develReading package lists... Done<br>
&gt;&gt; &gt; Building dependency tree<br>
&gt;&gt; &gt; Reading state information... Done<br>
&gt;&gt; &gt; E: Unable to locate package ncurses-devel<br>
&gt;&gt; &gt; mamse@mamse-ThinkCentre-M80:~/linux-3.15.8$<br>
&gt;&gt; &gt;<br>
&gt;&gt; &gt;<br>
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Date: Fri, 1 Aug 2014 15:51:46 +0530<br>
From: Aniket Shinde &lt;<a href="mailto:universalvirus.ani@gmail.com">universalvirus.ani@gmail.com</a>&gt;<br>
Subject: Kernel Networking Ideas???<br>
To: <a href="mailto:kernelnewbies@kernelnewbies.org">kernelnewbies@kernelnewbies.org</a>, <a href="mailto:kernel-mentors@selenic.com">kernel-mentors@selenic.com</a><br>
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Hey,<br>
     Any project available in Networking under Kernel???<br>
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*ANI*<br>
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