Curses library not found

Question

I'm trying to build 5.6.4-labs-innodb-memcached, but having this issue:

# cmake ./
-- MySQL 5.6.4-labs-innodb-memcached
-- Could NOT find Curses (missing:  CURSES_LIBRARY CURSES_INCLUDE_PATH) 
CMake Error at cmake/readline.cmake:83 (MESSAGE):
  Curses library not found.  Please install appropriate package,

  remove CMakeCache.txt and rerun cmake.On Debian/Ubuntu, package name is libncurses5- dev, on Redhat and derivates it is ncurses-devel.
Call Stack (most recent call first):
cmake/readline.cmake:127 (FIND_CURSES)
cmake/readline.cmake:217 (MYSQL_USE_BUNDLED_LIBEDIT)
CMakeLists.txt:263 (MYSQL_CHECK_READLINE)


-- Configuring incomplete, errors occurred!

libncurses5-dev is installed and CURSES_USE_NCURSES=true is set, but it doesn't help. Any ideas? I have already compiled this package, but it was on the other machine...

EDITED:

/var/cache/apt/archives/libncurses5-dev_5.7+20101128-1_i386.deb
/var/lib/dpkg/info/libncurses5.postinst
/var/lib/dpkg/info/libncursesw5.list
/var/lib/dpkg/info/ncurses-base.preinst
/var/lib/dpkg/info/libncursesw5.postrm
/var/lib/dpkg/info/libncursesw5.shlibs
/var/lib/dpkg/info/libncursesw5.md5sums
/var/lib/dpkg/info/libncurses5.symbols
/var/lib/dpkg/info/ncurses-bin.preinst
/var/lib/dpkg/info/ncurses-bin.list
/var/lib/dpkg/info/libncurses5-dev.list
/var/lib/dpkg/info/libncursesw5.symbols
/var/lib/dpkg/info/libncursesw5.postinst
/var/lib/dpkg/info/libncurses5-dev.md5sums
/var/lib/dpkg/info/ncurses-base.conffiles
/var/lib/dpkg/info/libncurses5.shlibs
/var/lib/dpkg/info/ncurses-base.list
/var/lib/dpkg/info/ncurses-bin.md5sums
/var/lib/dpkg/info/libncurses5.md5sums
/var/lib/dpkg/info/libncurses5.list
/var/lib/dpkg/info/libncurses5.postrm
/var/lib/dpkg/info/ncurses-base.md5sums
/tmp/curses
/usr/include/cursesf.h
/usr/include/curses.h
/usr/include/cursesw.h
/usr/include/cursesp.h
/usr/include/ncurses_dll.h
/usr/include/ncurses.h
/usr/include/cursesm.h
/usr/include/cursesapp.h
/usr/share/lintian/overrides/ncurses-bin
/usr/share/lintian/overrides/ncurses-base
/usr/share/man/man1/ncursesw5-config.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/ncurses5-config.1.gz
/usr/share/doc/libncurses5
/usr/share/doc/libncurses5/TODO.Debian
/usr/share/doc/libncurses5/copyright
/usr/share/doc/libncurses5/FAQ
/usr/share/doc/libncurses5/changelog.Debian.gz
/usr/share/doc/ncurses-bin
/usr/share/doc/ncurses-bin/copyright
/usr/share/doc/ncurses-bin/changelog.Debian.gz
/usr/share/doc/libncurses5-dev
/usr/share/doc/libncurses5-dev/copyright
/usr/share/doc/libncurses5-dev/changelog.Debian.gz
/usr/share/doc/libncursesw5
/usr/share/doc/libncursesw5/copyright
/usr/share/doc/libncursesw5/changelog.Debian.gz
/usr/share/doc/ncurses-base
/usr/share/doc/ncurses-base/copyright
/usr/share/doc/ncurses-base/changelog.Debian.gz
/usr/bin/ncurses5-config
/usr/bin/aptitude-curses
/usr/bin/ncursesw5-config
/usr/lib/libncurses++.a
/usr/lib/libncurses.so
/usr/lib/libncurses.a
/usr/lib/libcurses.so
/usr/lib/libcurses.a
/usr/lib/python2.7/curses
/usr/lib/python2.7/curses/textpad.pyc
/usr/lib/python2.7/curses/has_key.pyc
/usr/lib/python2.7/curses/wrapper.py
/usr/lib/python2.7/curses/ascii.py
/usr/lib/python2.7/curses/panel.pyc
/usr/lib/python2.7/curses/has_key.py
/usr/lib/python2.7/curses/__init__.py
/usr/lib/python2.7/curses/textpad.py
/usr/lib/python2.7/curses/panel.py
/usr/lib/python2.7/curses/__init__.pyc
/usr/lib/python2.7/curses/wrapper.pyc
/usr/lib/python2.7/curses/ascii.pyc
/usr/lib/python2.7/lib-dynload/_curses.so
/usr/lib/python2.7/lib-dynload/_curses_panel.so
/lib/libncursesw.so.5.7
/lib/libncurses.so.5
/lib/libncursesw.so.5
/lib/libncurses.so.5.7

what do you mean, "it was on the other machine?" -- why aren't you building everything on the same machine? — DLRdave, Dec 02 '11 at 02:43

score 19 · Answer 1 · edited Nov 27 '12 at 16:22

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The error may be from cache file.

Delete CMakeCache.txt, then try again.

edited Nov 27 '12 at 16:22

arrowd

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Tony Lee

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Brilliant - short, sweet and to the point. No need to set cumbersome paths. – Vérace Jun 25 '14 at 11:44

score 15 · Answer 2 · edited Nov 27 '12 at 16:22

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I do not know why is it failing, but you can use error message "missing ..." and set what is missing manually. I.e

cmake -DCURSES_LIBRARY=/usr/lib/libncurses.so -DCURSES_INCLUDE_PATH=/usr/include .

should fix it.

edited Nov 27 '12 at 16:22

arrowd

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answered Nov 23 '11 at 21:18

Vladislav Vaintroub

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Thank you! That was a big help – ScottJShea Jan 09 '12 at 23:40

score 11 · Answer 3 · answered Jan 17 '13 at 00:09

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Perhaps you need additional ncurses files.

sudo yum install ncurses-devel

Then delete CMakeCache.txt

Try again to run CMake. This worked for me.

answered Jan 17 '13 at 00:09

arcdegree

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That worked for me, except I needed `apt-get install libncurses5-dev`. – Sygmoral Feb 04 '14 at 02:14

score 8 · Answer 4 · answered Dec 30 '16 at 19:40

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sudo aptitude install libncurses-dev in Debian.

answered Dec 30 '16 at 19:40

LCB

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Solved the issue for me when trying to run ./configure of Raspberry Pi's crosstool-ng. – Astrofra Mar 10 '20 at 20:27
solved issue when installing bochs for pintos OS – onlycparra Jan 12 '21 at 07:55

score 7 · Accepted Answer · answered Nov 19 '11 at 07:09

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For some reason, CMake can't find includes and libraries. Help it by running cmake -D CMAKE_PREFIX_PATH=/path/to/curses/prefix .

answered Nov 19 '11 at 07:09

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What path should I point it to? I have added to my post all the files and directories related to curses on my machine – Roman Newaza Nov 19 '11 at 08:45
Hmm, strange. Well, try CMAKE_PREFIX_PATH=/usr. If it will not work, try to set CURSES_LIBRARY and CURSES_INCLUDE_PATH manually. – arrowd Nov 19 '11 at 08:57
CMAKE_PREFIX_PATH=/usr doesn't help. do I set CURSES_LIBRARY and CURSES_INCLUDE_PATH in shell? – Roman Newaza Nov 19 '11 at 09:06
No, in the same manner as the CMAKE_PREFIX_PATH - using -D flag in cmake command invocation. – arrowd Nov 19 '11 at 09:07
For path to CURSES_INCLUDE_PATH try `whereis curses` For path to CURSES_LIBRARY try `find /usr/lib | grep curses.*\.so$` – Lori Jul 11 '14 at 23:15

score 2 · Answer 6 · answered Nov 21 '13 at 08:15

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I had the same problem, Deleting the cache file worked for me.

answered Nov 21 '13 at 08:15

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score 2 · Answer 7 · edited Mar 19 '16 at 20:09

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This one works for me

locate libncurses.so
cmake -DCURSES_LIBRARY=/PATH OF THE LOCATE RESULT CURSES_INCLUDE_PATH=/usr/include

edited Mar 19 '16 at 20:09

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Curses library not found

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