[Solved] Where is ncurses-dev? (missing .h file)

Malvineous · 2011-04-16 00:31:29

Hi all,

I'm trying to compile some code that uses ncursesw, however I don't have the <ncursesw/ncurses.h> file on my system. I'm new to Arch but I thought these files were normally provided by -dev packages, so ncurses-dev in this case. But I can't find this anywhere (not even in AUR) - what am I missing? There are other people here who are compiling programs using ncurses, what did you do to install the header files?

Last edited by Malvineous (2011-04-16 02:53:12)

falconindy · 2011-04-16 00:39:32

Arch doesn't package create extra -dev packages like some other distros. ncurses.h is in /usr/include and included with the ncurses package.

Last edited by falconindy (2011-04-16 00:39:49)

Allan · 2011-04-16 00:54:07

There is no separate ncursesw stuff in Arch. Change your program to include <ncurses.h>

Malvineous · 2011-04-16 02:52:45

Ah, that did it! I misread the autoconf macro - I thought it defined a value if you had ncursesw.h present, but rather it defines a value if you have ncursesw present, and another value if you should use <ncursesw/ncurses.h> over just <ncurses.h>

Thanks for your help!

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[Solved] Where is ncurses-dev? (missing .h file)

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Re: [Solved] Where is ncurses-dev? (missing .h file)

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