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Curses.h in linux

Asked by Indhra gandhi

I tried to include header file <curses.h> in my C program and compiled tat in linux.. I'm getting the following error.. pls help me

gcc -o hello hello.c -l curses
hello.c:2:20: error: curses.h: No such file or directory

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John Pye (jdpipe) said : 		#1

Try using 'ncurses.h' instead.

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Shanmuhanathan T (shanmuha) said : 		#2

Also ensure that you have libncurses5-dev installed.

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Indhra gandhi (indira-ssn) said : 		#3

Thanks John.. I already tried it but it dint work

Thanks shanmuhanathan but how to ensure that libncurses5-dev is installed????????

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Best John Pye (jdpipe) said : 		#4

sudo apt-get install libncurses5-dev

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Indhra gandhi (indira-ssn) said : 		#5

Thanks alot John