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Re: libncurses build


Jared Solomon wrote:
> 
> Hello,
> 
> I am having some trouble building and installing the libncurses library.
> 
> I download, unpack, configure, and make the package properly.
> 
> However, when I run "make install" or "make install.libs" make gets to
> "ranlib <path_to>/libncurses.a  UNKNOWN FILE FORMAT"  Install error 2
> 
> ???
> 
> Could someone please help me figure out where I am going wrong?
> 

I'm not sure why you're having problems, but you could check out
http://cygutils.netpedia.net/V1.1/ncurses-5.0/  You'll find build
instructions (seems pretty vanilla) and a prebuilt binary.

--Chuck

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