编译Linux内核时出现“ncurses-devel”错误

通常在安装完Linux系统后，在编译kernel使用make menuconfig时，可能会出现如下错误：

*** Unable to find the ncurses libraries or the *** required header files. *** 'make menuconfig' requires the ncurses libraries. *** *** Install ncurses (ncurses-devel) and try again. *** make[1]: *** [scripts/kconfig/dochecklxdialog] Error 1 make: *** [menuconfig] Error 2

 

出现该错误的原因是：在使用menuconfig时需要ncurses库的支持，而该库包含ncurses和ncurses-devel两个包，大部分情况ncurses包会跟随系统安装好，而ncurses-devel包根据安装系统时你的选择。可以使用命令查看他们有没有安装：

#rpm -q ncurses #rpm -q ncurses-devel 如果安装好了会显示类似如下： ncurses-5.6-16.20080301.fc9.i386 ncurses-devel-5.6-16.20080301.fc9.i386

如果没安装则可使用yum命令直接在线安装(注意要求联网):

[root@localhost linux-2.6.34]# yum install ncurses Loaded plugins: presto, refresh-packagekit Setting up Install Process Package ncurses-5.6-16.20080301.fc9.i386 already installed and latest version Nothing to do [root@localhost linux-2.6.34]# yum install ncurses-devel Loaded plugins: presto, refresh-packagekit Setting up Install Process Resolving Dependencies --> Running transaction check ---> Package ncurses-devel-5.6-16.20080301.fc9.i386 set to be updated --> Finished Dependency Resolution Dependencies Resolved ================================================================================ Package Arch Version Repository Size ================================================================================ Installing: ncurses-devel-5.6-16.20080301.fc9.i386 fedora 608 k Transaction Summary ================================================================================ Install 1 Package(s) Upgrade 0 Package(s) Total download size: 608 k Is this ok [y/N]: y Downloading Packages: Setting up and reading Presto delta metadata Processing delta metadata Package(s) data still to download: 608 k ncurses-devel-5.6-16.20080301.fc9.i386.rpm | 608 kB 00:04 Running rpm_check_debug Running Transaction Test Finished Transaction Test Transaction Test Succeeded Running Transaction Warning: RPMDB has been altered since the last yum transaction. Installing : ncurses-devel-5.6-16.20080301.fc9.i386 1/1 Installed: ncurses-devel-5.6-16.20080301.fc9.i386  Complete! 安装完成后在试make menuconfig，错误排除了。 [root@localhost linux-2.6.34]# make menuconfig OK！