On installing MySQL from source, i get error
checking for tgetent in -lncurses... no
checking for tgetent in -lcurses... no
checking for tgetent in -ltermcap... no
checking for tgetent in -ltinfo... no
checking for termcap functions library... configure: error: No curses/termcap library found
SOLUTION
Lets search for ncurses
[root@server52 mysql-5.1.23-ndb-6.2.15]# yum list|grep ncurses
Repository base is listed more than once in the configuration
Repository addons is listed more than once in the configuration
Repository extras is listed more than once in the configuration
ncurses.x86_64 5.5-24.20060715 installed
ncurses.i386 5.5-24.20060715 installed
ncurses-devel.i386 5.5-24.20060715 base
ncurses-devel.x86_64 5.5-24.20060715 base
php-ncurses.x86_64 5.1.6-15.el5 base
[root@server52 mysql-5.1.23-ndb-6.2.15]#
To fix the problem, install ncurses-devel
yum -y install ncurses-devel
On Debian/Ubuntu do
apt-cache search ncurses
apt-get install libncurses5-dev
[root@server52 mysql-5.1.23-ndb-6.2.15]# yum install ncurses-devel
Repository base is listed more than once in the configuration
Repository addons is listed more than once in the configuration
Repository extras is listed more than once in the configuration
Setting up Install Process
Setting up repositories
Reading repository metadata in from local files
Parsing package install arguments
Resolving Dependencies
--> Populating transaction set with selected packages. Please wait.
---> Downloading header for ncurses-devel to pack into transaction set.
ncurses-devel-5.5-24.2006 100% |=========================| 98 kB 00:00
---> Package ncurses-devel.x86_64 0:5.5-24.20060715 set to be updated
---> Downloading header for ncurses-devel to pack into transaction set.
ncurses-devel-5.5-24.2006 100% |=========================| 98 kB 00:00
---> Package ncurses-devel.i386 0:5.5-24.20060715 set to be updated
--> Running transaction check
Dependencies Resolved
=============================================================================
Package Arch Version Repository Size
=============================================================================
Installing:
ncurses-devel x86_64 5.5-24.20060715 base 1.7 M
ncurses-devel i386 5.5-24.20060715 base 1.6 M
Transaction Summary
=============================================================================
Install 2 Package(s)
Update 0 Package(s)
Remove 0 Package(s)
Total download size: 3.3 M
Is this ok [y/N]: y
Downloading Packages:
(1/2): ncurses-devel-5.5- 100% |=========================| 1.7 MB 00:00
(2/2): ncurses-devel-5.5- 100% |=========================| 1.6 MB 00:00
Running Transaction Test
Finished Transaction Test
Transaction Test Succeeded
Running Transaction
Installing: ncurses-devel ######################### [1/2]
Installing: ncurses-devel ######################### [2/2]
Installed: ncurses-devel.x86_64 0:5.5-24.20060715 ncurses-devel.i386 0:5.5-24.20060715
Complete!
[root@server52 mysql-5.1.23-ndb-6.2.15]#
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