EasyARM-iMX283A的make menuconfig出现错误：Install ncurses(ncurses-devel) and try again。

lin@lin-machine:~/linux-2.6.35.3$ make menuconfig
 *** Unable to find the ncurses libraries or the
 *** required header files.
 *** 'make menuconfig' requires the ncurses libraries.
 ***
 *** Install ncurses (ncurses-devel) and try again.
 ***
make[]: *** [scripts/kconfig/dochecklxdialog] Error
make: *** [menuconfig] Error 

解决思路

ncurses是字符终端下屏幕控制的基本库。可能很多新开发的程序已经不再使用。假如要编译一些老的程序，还是会经常碰到。

解决这个问题可以通过下面的解决方法来搞定。打开一个终端输入下面这条语句按回车进行安装即可。

apt-get install libncurses5-dev

lin@lin-machine:~/linux-2.6.35.3$ sudo apt-get install libncurses5-dev
[sudo] password for lin:
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
The following extra packages will be installed:
  libtinfo-dev
Suggested packages:
  ncurses-doc
The following NEW packages will be installed:
  libncurses5-dev libtinfo-dev
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Get: http://cn.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ trusty/main libtinfo-dev amd64 5.9+20140118-1ubuntu1 [76.3 kB]
Get: http://cn.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ trusty/main libncurses5-dev amd64 5.9+20140118-1ubuntu1 [170 kB]
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好了再make menuconfig一下，OK了