[Asterisk-Users] Termcap support not found

[WipeOut .]

I can sympathise with the new users who get these compile errors because the instructions for setting up Asterisk on the asterisk.org website says the following..

--snip--
You must have readline and openssl and thier respective development packages.
You must be running Linux 2.4.x
You must have the Linux Kernel Sources package installed on your system.
--snip--

There is no mention of these packages that are also required..

bison
libtermcap
libtermcap-devel
newt
newt-devel
ncurses
ncurses-devel

..and while it may seem logical to install these to a hardend coder it means nothing to a newbie who is just getting started in the Open Source world and wanting to try the awesome Asterisk PBX..

So maybe give the newbies a break... We were all a newbie at one stage.. (I think I still am one quite often)

Later..

> 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
> 
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