installing Predict on a RedHat 7.3 box , no go :^(

["Douglas Cole" <n7bfs@qwest.net>]

Ok ,  I must admit to not being very good at installing something if its not 
in a RPM form , so when I tried to install Predict on a SuSE 8.0 box and it 
went flawlessly I got rather overconfident and tried to install it on my 
RedHat IRLP node box , so I could let it run as a server 24/7 since that 
machine is always on , and has alot of process time doing nothing...

BUT , it will not even begin to install :^(
here is what I get when I try to run ./configure on the RedHat box...

[root@n7bfs predict-2.2.1]# ./configure
One moment please... installer.c:16:20: curses.h: No such file or directory
Compilation failed.  Are you sure you have a C compiler (gcc) installed?
[root@n7bfs predict-2.2.1]#


Now , what I get from that is that my node box does not have curses installed.

Hmm , so I check and sure enough it has "ncurses" installed , but not curses, 
so I check all 3 install cd's and none have a curses package on them , so I 
check the SuSE install dvd and sure enough -it- has it!

So my general question is , has anyone who is using the latest version of 
predict running it on a RedHat box and if so what did you have to do to make 
it happen ?

I have done a search on rpmfind.net and have not found any curses packages for 
Redhat , which seems kinda confusing , but not surprising .

Or could someone point me in the direction of a how-to/info page that would 
help me figure out how to install curses from sources so I don't need a 
stinking RPM file to install curses on my node box ;^}
Or maybe I just didn't install RedHat properly...

tia for any input!


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Douglas Cole   N7BFS
Spokane IRLP node owner
AMSAT#26182 , K2 # 544
http://www.users.qwest.net/~cdoug3
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