From: pixel_@...
Date: 2000-03-22T21:26:14+01:00
Subject: [ruby-talk:02085] Re: Ruby 1.4.3 Linux RPM Question

OZAWA Sakuro <crouton@duelists.org> writes:

> In article <s8d1ef9e.061@email1.cuna.com>,
>     David Douthitt writes:
> 
> > # rpm -Uvh ruby-1.4.3-3mdk
> > Why does the ruby RPM require ncurses, much less ncurses v5?
> 
> Maybe it is the version of ncurses under the packager's 
> environment(Mandrake?)

yep, ncurses-5 has been out for a while...
(tis now in rawhide...)

> If you find SRPM(Source RPM), try '$ rpm --rebuild *it*'.

that'll cure it nicely... or install mandrake :pp