%general-entities; ]> Ncurses Prepare Ncurses for compilation: ./configure --prefix=/usr --with-shared --without-debug Compile the package: make Install the package: make install Give the Ncurses libraries execute permissions: chmod 755 /usr/lib/*.&ncurses-version; Now fix a library: chmod 644 /usr/lib/libncurses++.a Move the libraries to the /lib directory: mv /usr/lib/libncurses.so.5* /lib Recreate some symlinks: ln -sf ../../lib/libncurses.so.5 /usr/lib/libncurses.so ln -sf libncurses.so /usr/lib/libcurses.so See testing