[plug] Ncurses-devel for Mandrake 10

[Innis Cunningham]

Hello Michael

  Michael Collard writes
>
>On Sat, 2005-02-12 at 19:34 +0800, Innis Cunningham wrote:
> > Thanks guys
> >
> >   Michael writes
> > >
> > >So far nobody has pointed out the obvious... Its asking for
> > >libncurses-devel meaning its looking for the header files, not the
> > >libraries. Aside from that, type urpmi libncurses5-devel and thats it.
> >
> > No the kernel source code 2.4.25 is looking for ncurses-devel and the
> > only packages available for mandrake are the libncurses-devel5 packages.
> > As said maybe it is bad packaging.But what is the work around.As I do 
>all
> > my installs from the KDE GUI I may need some help if I have to install 
>these
> > packages from the command line.Would I be right in assuming that to do
> > this I would CD into the directory were the rpm is and issue the command
> > Install package xyz or is it a bit more complex than this
>
>While even new kernel packages say they require ncurses-devel, they're
>really after libncurses5-devel. With urpmi, seems it can use either to
>install the correct package. To install the kernel source, all you
>should have to do is type 'urpmi kernel-source' (as root). Urpmi will
>then prompt you saying there are extra packages needed, and it will
>install them as necessary.

Ok have tried that but it seems to be looking for the install CD's.As
I don't have such because my copy of mandrake was insalled at the
installfest is there a way of getting it to look on the web.

Thanks again
Cheers
Innis