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

Sun Nov 9 19:43:39 PST 2014

Nick,
Then this is an issue with your machine conf or paths required for kernel building. Are you able
to build a poky distro with a working kernel and this is just a issue with you building the yocto
kernel alone or can you also not build poky too?
Cheers Nick

On 14-11-09 10:36 PM, Nick D'Ademo wrote:
> Just tried with the latest 3.17.2 kernel. 'make menuconfig' works fine and
> loads the interactive kernel config.
> 
> 
> On Mon, Nov 10, 2014 at 2:01 PM, nick <xerofoify at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
>> 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 build and then rebuild as it may be an issue with out of date temp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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