Subj : Re: [Linux OpenXP] cannot open libncursesw.so.5 To : Wolfgang Bauer From : Martin Foster Date : Thu Oct 05 2023 10:44:00 From: Martin Foster Hello Wolfgang! *** Tuesday 03.10.23 at 14:28, Wolfgang Bauer wrote: >>> Ich habe in Linux Kubuntu openxp-5.0.57-1.x86_64-lnx installiert. >>> Beim Startversuch heißt es >>> openxp: error while loading shared libraries: libncursesw.so.5: cannot >>> open shared object file: No such file or directory >>> Wie kann ich das richtig machen? >> This is a common problem and is easily fixed by installing the ncursesw5 >> package from your distribution's package repository. I'm not sure of the >> exact package name but it should be something like 'libncursesw5'. > libncursesw5 is not found in the package manager. That's odd, which package manager are you using? My Ubuntu package manager is telling me this: martin@DESKTOP-TK6SFAQ:~$ apt show libncursesw5 -a Package: libncursesw5 Version: 6.3-2ubuntu0.1 Priority: optional Section: universe/libs Source: ncurses Origin: Ubuntu Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers Original-Maintainer: Craig Small Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug Installed-Size: 391 kB Depends: libtinfo5 (= 6.3-2ubuntu0.1), libc6 (>= 2.34) Recommends: libgpm2 Homepage: https://invisible-island.net/ncurses/ Download-Size: 134 kB APT-Manual-Installed: yes APT-Sources: http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu jammy-updates/universe amd64 Packages Description: shared libraries for terminal handling (wide character legacy version) The ncurses library routines are a terminal-independent method of updating character screens with reasonable optimization. . This package contains the legacy shared libraries necessary to run programs compiled with ncursesw, which includes support for wide characters. martin@DESKTOP-TK6SFAQ:~$ -- Martin --- * Origin: rbb.fidonet.fi - the fidonet nntp junction (2:221/10) .