Compiling problem!

[jfpu]

There is a problem occured when I was compiling the kernel of linux-2.6.29(ubuntu)：
root@core-desktop:/usr/src/linux-2.6.29# 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[1]: *** [scripts/kconfig/dochecklxdialog] Error 1
make: *** [menuconfig] Error 2

And then I entered the following command：
root@core-desktop:/usr/src/linux-2.6.29# apt-get install ncurses
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
Package ncurses is not available, but is referred to by another package.
This may mean that the package is missing, has been obsoleted, or
is only available from another source
E: Package ncurses has no installation candidate

Is there anyone can help me? Thank you!

[reed9]

Look here: Ubuntu -- Package Search Results -- ncurses

I'm assuming you need libncurses5-dev.

[kapuera]

Just install ncurses package.