Re: problem downloading ddd

David Mason <[email protected]> Tue, 29 Jan 2013 11:17:07 +0000
Newsgroups gmane.comp.debugging.ddd.bugs
Message-ID <CAGGzN9mZA9S4RJf2J57zrE8wdP8hVHTNj3D4ingKjs0t6n6mQg@mail.gmail.com>
Just a few pointers to help get you going ...

The output from ./configure gives the reason for the failure

"configure: error: Cannot find termcap compatible library."

The build is looking for the function tgetent that should be found in
one of a number of possible "termcap" libraries
(mytinfo, ncurses, curses etc.)

You need to check that :-

1. A "termcap" library is installed on your linux system. For example
something like "/usr/lib/libncurses.so".
You may need to install a development package as well as the runtime
to get this.

2. Read INSTALL and "./configure --help" output for instructions how
to define the type and location of the termcap library.
Using these parameters to ./configure is necessary if the library is
not installed in a standard linker search location or you want to
force the use of a particular library
when multiple flavours are installed.




On 28 January 2013 17:20, Steven Fick <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> I tried to create the ddd debugger on my company's Linux Pc by typing ./configure. It starts fine
> but at the end its gives me an error.  I have attached the text file with error enclosed. If you could
> help me, I would appreciate it.
>
> Thanks,
> Steven Fick.