[plug] Ncurses-devel for Mandrake 10

[Michael]

On Sun, 13 Feb 2005, Innis Cunningham wrote:

> 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.

Sure, this should be easy to do. I'd assume you're using 10 if it was 
installed at the installfest. All you need to do is to add some sources 
for online content. There are a couple of ways you can do this, but the 
best would be to download and install the following package manually.

Download this:

http://mirror.pacific.net.au/linux/Mandrakelinux/official/10.0/i586/Mandrake/RPMS/urpmi.setup-0.4.4-4mdk.noarch.rpm

Then do a 'rpm -i urpmi.setup-0.4.4-4mdk.noarch.rpm' as root.

Now you can run urpmi.setup as root which gives you a nice little 
interface. Select 'Add manually urpmi media' and tab across to 'Do' and 
hit enter. Now for a name, call it main or something. Don't check that 
update thingy. For the path, paste the following:

http://mirror.pacific.net.au/linux/Mandrakelinux/official/10.0/i586/Mandrake/RPMS/

For the relative path thing below, put in './synthesis.hdlist.cz'. Then 
tab across to OK and hit enter. It will now download and update the media. 
Now you can run urpmi kernel-source.

Cheers
Michael Collard