[Asterisk-Users] Help termcap error

[Steven Critchfield]

On Wed, 2004-09-29 at 04:38, kcorella at wifia.net wrote:
> Hello,  I am trying to install asterisk and get this error.
> 
> loading 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... i686-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/libedit.a] Error 1
> 
> I am running Suse 9.0
> 
> I did a slocate to see if termcap and libtermcap were on my system and they 
> are. 

You must be have the equivalent -devel packages as well. They include
the .h files necessary to help compile the app. 
-- 
Steven Critchfield <critch at basesys.com>