[plug] Trying to use Curses.h

[David Buddrige]

Hi all,

Just a quick note to say I've got my ncurses routines compiling and executing
perfectly now - I just needed the -lncurses switch.  Thanks heaps Steve.  8-)

Am now busily testing the various routines and generally getting to grips
with the library.  8-)

Cheers

David Buddrige

Steve Baker wrote:

> On Sun, 7 Mar 1999, David Buddrige wrote:
>
> > Hi all...
> >
> >
> > I'm trying to use ncurses in a program.  In order to figure it out, I am
> > writing a test program.  However I am not able to figure it out - it
> > keeps bringing up an error - "undefined reference to newterm"... (see my
> > C++ below)...
> >
> > could anyone point me towards some sample ncurses code on the net?  or
> > have I forgotten something silly?  BTW, it compiles ok with the g++
> > testcurses.c -c option, but when I do, g++ testcurses.c -o test it
> > brings up the error message I have described - seems to be a linking
> > problem, but not sure how to fix...
>
> Try g++ testcurses.c -o test -lncurses to include the libncurses.a
> library in the link step.  I have used this successfully with gcc, not
> g++, but I assume the ld step is the same.
>
> --
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