Subj : Complie errors with Ubunt
To   : Deuce
From : Smartyhall
Date : Fri Jul 29 2005 11:26 pm

  Re: Complie errors with Ubunt
  By: Deuce to Smartyhall on Wed Jul 27 2005 03:15 pm

 >   Re: Complie errors with Ubunt
 >   By: Smartyhall to All on Tue Jul 26 2005 18:07:00
 > 
 >  > I've used SBBS on and off over the past few years, and I have succesfully
 >  > compiled on several Linux distros before. However, I just recently switch
 >  > Ubuntu: Linux for Humans. I had to install CVS and several GCC components
 >  > manually via the Synaptic pakage manager. Synaptic claims that curses is
 >  > installed, but there is no curses.h file anywhere. (I did, however, disco
 >  > curses.so file.) I think this is the cause of my compile difficulties, as
 > 
 > Sounds like the old ncurses/cusrses hell that so many distros have happen...
 > locate the file ncurses.h (probobly /usr/include) change to the directory an
 > create a symlink like so:
 > 
 > ln -s ncurses.h curses.h
 > 
After much fiddleing... I finally dowloaded and build ncurses-5.5. This seems
to have resolved my issues, as I was able ot build SBBS and its accoutrments
this last go. I still, however, have a slight problem: I cannot seem to
remember where to change my QWK ID from MYBBS to what it aught be. Also, the
menus all look odd on both of my systems. (I think this is just due to Ubuntu
and its peculear choice of character encodings -- my other system is a Mac; I
intend to play with X-term in hopes of getting something that looks nicer.)

Even with these continued difficulties, I have decided to open it to the world
-- ok, just the world that happens to be reading either this post or my BBS
related blog. The address is: iqland.homelinux.org and the related blog can be
found at iqlandbbs.blogspot.com. Thanks for looking! (And more importantly.)
Thanks for helping!
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