[Asterisk-Users] Termcap support not found

[Tilghman Lesher]

On Thursday 01 May 2003 20:47, Cristian Rodriguez wrote:
> Hello,  I am trying to install asterisk and get this error.
>
> creating cache ./config.cache
> checking for gcc... gcc
> checking whether the C compiler (gcc  ) works... yes
> checking whether the C compiler (gcc  ) is a cross-compiler...
> no checking whether we are using GNU C... yes
> checking whether gcc accepts -g... yes
> checking how to run the C preprocessor... gcc -E
> checking host system type... i586-pc-linux-gnu
> checking for a BSD compatible install... install
> checking for ranlib... ranlib
> checking for ar... /usr/bin/ar
> checking for tgetent in -ltermcap... no
> checking for tgetent in -ltinfo... no
> checking for tgetent in -lcurses... no
> checking for tgetent in -lncurses... no
> configure: error: termcap support not found
> make: *** [editline/config.h] Error 1
>
> I am running redhat release 9 (Shrike)
>
> I did a slocate to see if termcap and libtermcap were on my
> system and they are.

As mentioned multiple times in the mailing list archives, you
need to install the -devel rpm's associated with every package
that configure doesn't find.  That includes termcap, openssl, and
a few others that I can't think of right now.

-Tilghman