Lynx Installation Problem under Redhat

./configure gives me this error when executed ...

[foy]

I'm trying to install lynx2.8.4 on my linux machine but however, once I run ./configure I get this error message:

[...]
checking for tgoto in -lunknown... no
checking for initscr in -lncurses... no
checking for initscr in -lcurses... no
checking for initscr in -lcursesX... no
checking for initscr in -lxcurses... no
checking for initscr in -ljcurses... no
checking for initscr in -lunknown... no
configure: error: no curses library found

so I went to get this file: ftp://ftp.rpmfind.net/linux/redhat/8.0/en/os/i386/RedHat/RPMS/initscripts-6.95-1.i386.rpm and this file: wget ftp://invisible-island.net/ncurses/ncurses-5.3.tar.gz

I uncompressed the archives but now I'm not sure what exactly needs to be done. Any ideas? Please bare with me, I'm a complete newbie but willing to learn ;)

[andreasfriedrich]

You could simply use the Redhat supplied [url=ftp://ftp.rpmfind.net/linux/redhat/8.0/en/os/i386/RedHat/RPMS/ncurses-5.2-28.i386.rpm]ncurses-5.2-28.i386.rpm[/url] and install that by typing rpm -ih /path/to/ncurses-5.2-28.i386.rpm.

[url=ftp://ftp.rpmfind.net/linux/redhat/8.0/en/os/i386/RedHat/RPMS/lynx-2.8.5-7.i386.rpm]lynx-2.8.5-7.i386.rpm[/url] is available as well. So unless you really need to compile it for yourself just use that rpm.

Andreas

[David]

Hi Foy,

I would suggest you go ot to [freshrpms.net...] and grab the rpm version. Any dependancy problems you run into they should have the correct rpm.

While you are there check out the link for "apt". If you go that route install the synaptic gui for apt. Once you have done that if you want a application you just click it and the dependancy rpms are added to the install.

[Duckula]

Hello foy. Welcome to the wonderful world of the okonomiyaki software ("cook it yourself").

Both replies above are right; you need to install a RPM containing libcurses; that's done with the rpm command, for example

rpm -i foobar-1.0-1.i386.rpm

Note that to compile lynx you'll need also the development curses libraries; these may be called libcurses-dev or libcurses-devel. If you get "header not found" errors that's why.

Lastly, if you aren't really interested on compiling it yourself your distribution has it already packaged, as commented above.

[foy]

thanks for all the replies, it worked ;)

After all I found out that there's even a final rpm of lynx somewhere ...