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Re: libncurses build
- To: Jared Solomon <jsolomon at inebraska dot com>
- Subject: Re: libncurses build
- From: Charles Wilson <cwilson at ece dot gatech dot edu>
- Date: Fri, 13 Oct 2000 13:56:42 -0400
- CC: cygwin at sources dot redhat dot com
- References: <5.0.0.25.2.20001013124744.02133aa0@cse.unl.edu>
Jared Solomon wrote:
>
> Hello,
>
> I am having some trouble building and installing the libncurses library.
>
> I download, unpack, configure, and make the package properly.
>
> However, when I run "make install" or "make install.libs" make gets to
> "ranlib <path_to>/libncurses.a UNKNOWN FILE FORMAT" Install error 2
>
> ???
>
> Could someone please help me figure out where I am going wrong?
>
I'm not sure why you're having problems, but you could check out
http://cygutils.netpedia.net/V1.1/ncurses-5.0/ You'll find build
instructions (seems pretty vanilla) and a prebuilt binary.
--Chuck
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