[Gllug] Re: Looking for libncurses5_5.4-9_i386.deb

[Martin A. Brooks]

Henry Gilbert wrote:
> bash: aptitude: command not found
>

apt-get install aptitude

> ok ..
>
> apt-get update && apt-get install ncurses-dev
>
> Package ncurses-dev is a virtual package provided by:
>  libncurses5-dev 5.5-2

Expected, given you don't have aptitude.

> You should explicitly select one to install.

Explicitly select one to install:

apt-get install  libncurses5-dev

> This is a very delicate fine-tuned distro.

No, it isn't, it's Debian.  Proper use of Debian's package management 
tools means you don't have to worry about breakage, that's the entire point.
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