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

nick xerofoify at gmail.com
Mon Nov 10 03:11:27 PST 2014 

Nick,
Yes this is a issue with your custom machine and I believe this is a issue with your your machine 
conf is located in the build directories.
Cheers Nick 

On 14-11-10 02:26 AM, Nick D'Ademo wrote:
> menuconfig works with a core-image-minimal vanilla build:
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> *Build Configuration:BB_VERSION        = "1.24.0"BUILD_SYS         =
> "x86_64-linux"NATIVELSBSTRING   = "Ubuntu-14.04"TARGET_SYS        =
> "arm-poky-linux-gnueabi"MACHINE           = "qemuarm"DISTRO            =
> "poky"DISTRO_VERSION    = "1.7"TUNE_FEATURES     = "arm armv5 thumb
> dsp"TARGET_FPU        = "soft"meta              meta-yocto
> meta-yocto-bsp    =
> "master:45bb9e3323073070453647a32289dc1792f3d660"meta-oe
> meta-multimedia   meta-gnome        =
> "master:dac2422f737c351c37a8405a76b5f0b5df9311a0"*
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> So this must be an issue with my custom machine.
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> On Mon, Nov 10, 2014 at 2:43 PM, nick <xerofoify at gmail.com> wrote:
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>> 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.
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>>> 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
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>
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>> `/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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