* how to tell if curses is installed? @ Tom Fowle ` Gregory Nowak ` Ari Moisio 0 siblings, 2 replies; 6+ messages in thread From: Tom Fowle @ UTC (permalink / raw) To: Speakup is a screen review system for Linux. Trying to configure asomewhat old satelite tracking program "Predict2.2... the ./configure script claims it can't find either gcc or curses.h gcc is obviously present and accounted for, but I'm not sure how to tell if the curses library is installed. presume it is a part of debian wheezy's normal install? but general searches don't reveal a way of finding out, curses isn't, I guess, a "package" Thanks tom Fowle ^ permalink raw reply [flat|nested] 6+ messages in thread
* Re: how to tell if curses is installed? how to tell if curses is installed? Tom Fowle @ ` Gregory Nowak ` Tom Fowle ` Ari Moisio 1 sibling, 1 reply; 6+ messages in thread From: Gregory Nowak @ UTC (permalink / raw) To: Speakup is a screen review system for Linux. Running: aptitude show libncurses5-dev should do it. Greg On Wed, Apr 19, 2017 at 08:50:28PM -0700, Tom Fowle wrote: > Trying to configure asomewhat old satelite tracking program > "Predict2.2... > the ./configure script claims it can't find either gcc or curses.h > gcc is obviously present and accounted for, but I'm not sure how to tell if > the curses library is installed. > > presume it is a part of debian wheezy's normal install? > but general searches don't reveal a way of finding out, curses isn't, I > guess, a "package" > > Thanks > tom Fowle > _______________________________________________ > Speakup mailing list > Speakup@linux-speakup.org > http://linux-speakup.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/speakup -- web site: http://www.gregn.net gpg public key: http://www.gregn.net/pubkey.asc skype: gregn1 (authorization required, add me to your contacts list first) If we haven't been in touch before, e-mail me before adding me to your contacts. -- Free domains: http://www.eu.org/ or mail dns-manager@EU.org ^ permalink raw reply [flat|nested] 6+ messages in thread
* Re: how to tell if curses is installed? ` Gregory Nowak @ ` Tom Fowle ` Tom Fowle 0 siblings, 1 reply; 6+ messages in thread From: Tom Fowle @ UTC (permalink / raw) To: Speakup is a screen review system for Linux. Greg, Thanks, it's not installed, will do that Tom Fowle On Wed, Apr 19, 2017 at 08:59:08PM -0700, Gregory Nowak wrote: > Running: > > aptitude show libncurses5-dev > > should do it. > > Greg > > > On Wed, Apr 19, 2017 at 08:50:28PM -0700, Tom Fowle wrote: > > Trying to configure asomewhat old satelite tracking program > > "Predict2.2... > > the ./configure script claims it can't find either gcc or curses.h > > gcc is obviously present and accounted for, but I'm not sure how to tell if > > the curses library is installed. > > > > presume it is a part of debian wheezy's normal install? > > but general searches don't reveal a way of finding out, curses isn't, I > > guess, a "package" > > > > Thanks > > tom Fowle > > _______________________________________________ > > Speakup mailing list > > Speakup@linux-speakup.org > > http://linux-speakup.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/speakup > > -- > web site: http://www.gregn.net > gpg public key: http://www.gregn.net/pubkey.asc > skype: gregn1 > (authorization required, add me to your contacts list first) > If we haven't been in touch before, e-mail me before adding me to your contacts. > > -- > Free domains: http://www.eu.org/ or mail dns-manager@EU.org > _______________________________________________ > Speakup mailing list > Speakup@linux-speakup.org > http://linux-speakup.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/speakup ^ permalink raw reply [flat|nested] 6+ messages in thread
* Re: how to tell if curses is installed? ` Tom Fowle @ ` Tom Fowle 0 siblings, 0 replies; 6+ messages in thread From: Tom Fowle @ UTC (permalink / raw) To: speakup Just to close my question, installed curses5-dev and recompiled the satelite prediction program "predict" successfully. Now I just gotta learn to understand the output thanks all tom Fowle On Thu, Apr 20, 2017 at 06:34:10PM -0700, Tom Fowle wrote: > Greg, > Thanks, it's not installed, will do that > Tom Fowle > > On Wed, Apr 19, 2017 at 08:59:08PM -0700, Gregory Nowak wrote: > > Running: > > > > aptitude show libncurses5-dev > > > > should do it. > > > > Greg > > > > > > On Wed, Apr 19, 2017 at 08:50:28PM -0700, Tom Fowle wrote: > > > Trying to configure asomewhat old satelite tracking program > > > "Predict2.2... > > > the ./configure script claims it can't find either gcc or curses.h > > > gcc is obviously present and accounted for, but I'm not sure how to tell if > > > the curses library is installed. > > > > > > presume it is a part of debian wheezy's normal install? > > > but general searches don't reveal a way of finding out, curses isn't, I > > > guess, a "package" > > > > > > Thanks > > > tom Fowle > > > _______________________________________________ > > > Speakup mailing list > > > Speakup@linux-speakup.org > > > http://linux-speakup.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/speakup > > > > -- > > web site: http://www.gregn.net > > gpg public key: http://www.gregn.net/pubkey.asc > > skype: gregn1 > > (authorization required, add me to your contacts list first) > > If we haven't been in touch before, e-mail me before adding me to your contacts. > > > > -- > > Free domains: http://www.eu.org/ or mail dns-manager@EU.org > > _______________________________________________ > > Speakup mailing list > > Speakup@linux-speakup.org > > http://linux-speakup.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/speakup > _______________________________________________ > Speakup mailing list > Speakup@linux-speakup.org > http://linux-speakup.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/speakup ^ permalink raw reply [flat|nested] 6+ messages in thread
* Re: how to tell if curses is installed? how to tell if curses is installed? Tom Fowle ` Gregory Nowak @ ` Ari Moisio ` Tom Fowle 1 sibling, 1 reply; 6+ messages in thread From: Ari Moisio @ UTC (permalink / raw) To: Speakup is a screen review system for Linux. Hi For self-compiled programs you usually need the dev packages, for example libncurses-dev on Debian. -- mr. M01510 & guide Loadstone-GPS Lat: 62.38718, lon: 25.64672 hkp://wwwkeys.pgp.net B784D020 fp:0C1F6A76 DC9DDD58 33838B5D 0E769600 B7840D02 Tom Fowle kirjoitti > Subject: how to tell if curses is installed? > Date: Wed, 19 Apr 2017 20:50:28 -0700 > From: Tom Fowle <wa6ivgtf@fastmail.fm> > To: Speakup is a screen review system for Linux. <speakup@linux-speakup.org> > > Trying to configure asomewhat old satelite tracking program > "Predict2.2... > the ./configure script claims it can't find either gcc or curses.h > gcc is obviously present and accounted for, but I'm not sure how to tell if > the curses library is installed. > > presume it is a part of debian wheezy's normal install? > but general searches don't reveal a way of finding out, curses isn't, I > guess, a "package" > > Thanks > tom Fowle > _______________________________________________ > Speakup mailing list > Speakup@linux-speakup.org > http://linux-speakup.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/speakup ^ permalink raw reply [flat|nested] 6+ messages in thread
* Re: how to tell if curses is installed? ` Ari Moisio @ ` Tom Fowle 0 siblings, 0 replies; 6+ messages in thread From: Tom Fowle @ UTC (permalink / raw) To: Speakup is a screen review system for Linux. Ari, thanks will install it. Tom Fowle On Thu, Apr 20, 2017 at 08:12:44AM +0300, Ari Moisio wrote: > Hi > > For self-compiled programs you usually need the dev packages, for > example libncurses-dev on Debian. > > > > -- > mr. M01510 & guide Loadstone-GPS Lat: 62.38718, lon: 25.64672 > hkp://wwwkeys.pgp.net B784D020 fp:0C1F6A76 DC9DDD58 33838B5D 0E769600 B7840D02 > > > Tom Fowle kirjoitti > >Subject: how to tell if curses is installed? > >Date: Wed, 19 Apr 2017 20:50:28 -0700 > >From: Tom Fowle <wa6ivgtf@fastmail.fm> > >To: Speakup is a screen review system for Linux. <speakup@linux-speakup.org> > > > >Trying to configure asomewhat old satelite tracking program > >"Predict2.2... > >the ./configure script claims it can't find either gcc or curses.h > >gcc is obviously present and accounted for, but I'm not sure how to tell if > >the curses library is installed. > > > >presume it is a part of debian wheezy's normal install? > >but general searches don't reveal a way of finding out, curses isn't, I > >guess, a "package" > > > >Thanks > >tom Fowle > >_______________________________________________ > >Speakup mailing list > >Speakup@linux-speakup.org > >http://linux-speakup.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/speakup > _______________________________________________ > Speakup mailing list > Speakup@linux-speakup.org > http://linux-speakup.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/speakup ^ permalink raw reply [flat|nested] 6+ messages in thread
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