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

Sun Nov 9 19:01:51 PST 2014

Try downloading a stock kernel for kernel.org and extract it in your home directory and run make menuconfig in 
the root of the kernel source tree, if this works then I am assuming either ncurses or your machine conf is wrong
somewhere.
Cheers Nick 

On 14-11-09 09:51 PM, Nick D'Ademo wrote:
> Hi Nick,
> 
> I removed build/tmp/ and performed a rebuild - I'm still experiencing the
> same error message unfortunately.
> 
> 
> On Mon, Nov 10, 2014 at 12:58 PM, nick <xerofoify at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
>> 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 build and then rebuild as it may be an issue with out of date temp files.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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