Linking error when compiling a minimal ncurses program with fp-ide on
ubuntu
lazarus / 65-FV-Textmode IDE

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fractionite · 2018-01-27 22:33

I try to compile a very simple program using the ncurses library (uses
ncrt)

My ide is fp-ide
My OS is Linux (Ubuntu)
I have ncurses installed and it is found in
/usr/lib/fpc/3.3.0/units/x86_64-linux/ncurses.ppu

However, I am stuck with the lines
QuoteUsing util /usr/bin/ld
Executing "/usr/binld.bfd" with command line "-b elf64-x86-64 -m
elf64-x86-64 --dynamic-linker= /lib64/ld-linux-x86-64.so.2 -L.
/home/hacking/test link.res"
test.pas(4,1) Error: Error while linking
All other programs just using crt compile just fine.

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Ñuño_Martínez · 2018-01-29 11:05

May be there's a mistake in file "test.pas", line 4.

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Thaddy · 2018-01-29 11:21

Quote/usr/lib/fpc/3.3.0/units/x86_64-linux/ncurses.ppuFPC 3.3.0 does
not exist. (Frankly, may never exist since trunk imho warrants a major
release (like 4.0), but at least it would be in the future)
And trunk is still 3.1.1.

How did you install and from where?

Does line 4 refer to a library? Which one? libncurses?

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marcov · 2018-01-29 13:37

Probably it can't find some library. Unfortunately your error output
doesn't show it. Compiling on the commandline could make it easier.

As a precaution you could also make sure that you have ncurses and
ncurses-dev(el) installed.