Re: python build failure on ubuntu

[Patrick Welche <prlw1%cam.ac.uk@localhost>]

On Thu, Jun 28, 2018 at 01:44:18PM +0100, Patrick Welche wrote:
> On Thu, Jun 28, 2018 at 11:03:16AM +0000, maya%netbsd.org@localhost wrote:
> > On Thu, Jun 28, 2018 at 11:27:54AM +0100, Patrick Welche wrote:
> > > libtinfo-dev/xenial,now 6.0+20160213-1ubuntu1 amd64 [installed,automatic]
> > >   developer's library for the low-level terminfo library
> > > 
> > > libtinfo5/xenial,now 6.0+20160213-1ubuntu1 amd64 [installed]
> > >   shared low-level terminfo library for terminal handling
> > > 
> > > suggests terminfo might work instead. (ubuntu 16.04.14 has python 3.5
> > > in its default repository, but not python 3.6...)
> > 
> > I wonder if there's libtinfo5-dev
> > (I think pkgsrc can also supply this if asked?)
> 
> No such luck:
> 
> $ apt search libtinfo5-dev
> Sorting... Done
> Full Text Search... Done
> $ apt search libtinfo-dev
> Sorting... Done
> Full Text Search... Done
> libtinfo-dev/xenial,now 6.0+20160213-1ubuntu1 amd64 [installed,automatic]
>   developer's library for the low-level terminfo library

but close:

sudo apt install libncurses5-dev

fixed it.

Before:

$ bmake show-var VARNAME=TERMCAP_TYPE
none

After:

$ bmake show-var VARNAME=TERMCAP_TYPE
tinfo


Thanks,

Patrick