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@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 1
make: *** [menuconfig] Error 2
mamse@mamse-ThinkCentre-M80:~/linux-3.15.8$


On Fri, Aug 1, 2014 at 11:19 AM, David kiarie <davidkiarie4@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@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@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@mamse-ThinkCentre-M80:~/linux-3.15.8$
>
>
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