[yocto] Unable to find the ncurses libraries when running menuconfig

[nick]

Seems to after reading and doing some research a build issue with multiple jobs or try running rm -r tmp in your
build and then rebuild as it may be an issue with out of date temp files.
Cheers Nick 

On 14-11-09 08:51 PM, Nick D'Ademo wrote:
> Thanks for trying that out Nick.
> 
> Issue is present on both 3.14 and 3.17 for me.
> All paths in the require lines are correct too.
> 
> Any other ideas?
> 
> 
> 
> On Mon, Nov 10, 2014 at 12:46 PM, nick <xerofoify at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
>> I tried bitbake linux-yocto -c menuconfig on my own system running the
>> same distro and it seems to my
>> default use kernel 3.14 not 3.17 otherwise this seems be fine from my
>> understanding. Also check all the
>> paths in your require lines as there may be an issue with your builds and
>> the path set up by these files
>> that you are linking to for your kernel build.
>> Nick
>> On 14-11-09 08:40 PM, Nick D'Ademo wrote:
>>> Thanks Nick.
>>>
>>> Machine conf is as follows (it's actually nearly identical to nuc.conf -
>>> however, BT support, multilib, and preferred providers have been added):
>>>
>>> #@TYPE: Machine
>>> #@NAME: chiefriver
>>>
>>> #@WEBTITLE: Intel Next Unit of Computing (NUC) Model: DC3217IYE
>>>
>>> #@DESCRIPTION: Machine configuration for Intel NUC model DC3217IYE
>>> # i.e. Ivy Bridge + Panther Point
>>>
>>> PREFERRED_VERSION_linux-yocto ?= "3.17%"
>>> MACHINE_FEATURES += "va-impl-intel wifi efi bluetooth"
>>> MACHINE_FEATURES += "intel-ucode"
>>>
>>> require conf/machine/include/meta-intel.inc
>>> require conf/machine/include/intel-corei7-64-common.inc
>>> require conf/machine/include/intel-common-pkgarch.inc
>>> require multilib.conf
>>>
>>> MACHINE_HWCODECS ?= "va-intel gst-va-intel"
>>>
>>> XSERVER ?= "${XSERVER_X86_BASE} \
>>>            ${XSERVER_X86_EXT} \
>>>            ${XSERVER_X86_I965} \
>>>            "
>>>
>>> MACHINE_EXTRA_RRECOMMENDS += "linux-firmware-iwlwifi-6000g2b-6 lms8"
>>>
>>> # disable the serial port configuration
>>> SERIAL_CONSOLE = ""
>>>
>>> PREFERRED_PROVIDER_jpeg = "jpeg"
>>> PREFERRED_PROVIDER_jpeg-native = "jpeg-native"
>>> PREFERRED_PROVIDER_virtual/fftw = "fftw"
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> On Mon, Nov 10, 2014 at 12:36 PM, nick <xerofoify at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>
>>>> Hey Nick,
>>>> This seems to then be an issue with incorrect paths or build information
>>>> in your nuc.conf
>>>> as the most likely culprit. If you can post your machine's conf file I
>>>> will be glad to see
>>>> if there are any issues I can spot.
>>>> Nick
>>>>
>>>> On 14-11-09 08:33 PM, Nick D'Ademo wrote:
>>>>> 1) source oe-init-build-env is run before building.
>>>>> 2) We are actually using a custom machine .conf based on nuc.conf, so
>>>>> actually: MACHINE = "custom_machine_name". I replaced it with "nuc" in
>>>> this
>>>>> post to avoid confusion.
>>>>>
>>>>> On Mon, Nov 10, 2014 at 12:25 PM, nick <xerofoify at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> Do you run source oe-init-build-env before building and why is your
>>>> machine
>>>>>> set to nuc seems this may be an issue?
>>>>>> Nick
>>>>>>
>>>>>> On 14-11-09 08:15 PM, Nick D'Ademo wrote:
>>>>>>> Thanks for the quick reply Nick.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Host system is Ubuntu 14.04. ncurses is already installed:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> sudo apt-get install libncurses5-dev
>>>>>>> Reading package lists... Done
>>>>>>> Building dependency tree
>>>>>>> Reading state information... Done
>>>>>>> libncurses5-dev is already the newest version.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> On Mon, Nov 10, 2014 at 12:09 PM, nick <xerofoify at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Check to see if you actuality have it installed on your host system
>>>> for
>>>>>>>> your package manager.
>>>>>>>> The library for ncurses for compiling the kernel is different based
>> on
>>>>>>>> your distro, check
>>>>>>>> your distro's installer and install the correct ncurses package
>> first.
>>>>>> If
>>>>>>>> this is still an
>>>>>>>> issue please reply with a newer error message.
>>>>>>>> Cheers Nick
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> On 14-11-09 08:05 PM, Nick D'Ademo wrote:
>>>>>>>>> Getting a strange error when attempting to configure the Yocto
>> Linux
>>>>>>>> kernel
>>>>>>>>> via: bitbake linux-yocto -c menuconfig.
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> Does anyone have any ideas? (error message below)
>>>>>>>>> Much appreciated.
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> Build Configuration:
>>>>>>>>> BB_VERSION        = "1.24.0"
>>>>>>>>> BUILD_SYS         = "x86_64-linux"
>>>>>>>>> NATIVELSBSTRING   = "Ubuntu-14.04"
>>>>>>>>> TARGET_SYS        = "x86_64-poky-linux"
>>>>>>>>> MACHINE           = "nuc"
>>>>>>>>> DISTRO            = "poky"
>>>>>>>>> DISTRO_VERSION    = "1.7"
>>>>>>>>> TUNE_FEATURES     = "m64 corei7"
>>>>>>>>> TARGET_FPU        = ""
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> *make[1]: Entering directory
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>
>> `/home/nick/poky/build/tmp/work/corei7-64-intel-common-poky-linux/linux-yocto/3.17.1+gitAUTOINC+b86dd5c6f4_0caf16d385-r0/linux-corei7-64-intel-common-standard-build'
>>>>>>>>> GEN     ./Makefile *** 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[3]: *** [scripts/kconfig/dochecklxdialog] Error 1make[2]: ***
>>>>>>>>> [menuconfig] Error 2make[1]: *** [sub-make] Error 2make: ***
>>>>>> [__sub-make]
>>>>>>>>> Error 2Command failed.Press any key to continue... *
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>
>>
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