make menuconfig

tp@ubuntu:~/Downloads$ uname -a

Linux ubuntu 3.11.0-12-generic #19-Ubuntu SMP Wed Oct 9 16:12:00 UTC 2013 i686 i686 i686 GNU/Linux

tp@ubuntu:~$ tar -xjvf linux-3.0.4.tar.bz2

tp@ubuntu:~$ ls
Desktop    Downloads         linux-3.0.4          Music     Public     Videos
Documents  examples.desktop  linux-3.0.4.tar.bz2  Pictures  Templates
tp@ubuntu:~$ cd linux-3.0.4/
tp@ubuntu:~/linux-3.0.4$ sudo make menuconfig
  HOSTCC  scripts/basic/fixdep
  HOSTCC  scripts/kconfig/conf.o
 *** 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
tp@ubuntu:~/linux-3.0.4$

tp@ubuntu:~/linux-3.0.4$ sudo apt-get update

tp@ubuntu:~/linux-3.0.4$ sudo apt-cache search libncurses
libncurses5 - shared libraries for terminal handling
libncurses5-dbg - debugging/profiling libraries for ncurses
libncurses5-dev - developer's libraries for ncurses
libncursesw5 - shared libraries for terminal handling (wide character support)

tp@ubuntu:~/linux-3.0.4$ sudo apt-get install libncurses5-dev

tp@ubuntu:~/linux-3.0.4$ make menuconfig