[GRASSLIST:1336] Grass5.0beta10 start problem

I have just installed the LINUX binaries for grass5.0beta10 in a shared
team directory (/home/agss/GRASS5.0). When I send the grass5 command the
first screen comes up ok but when I hit RETURN to continue I get the
following message:

Starting GRASS ...
/home/agss/GRASS5.0/etc/set_data: error in loading shared libraries:
libncurses.so.5: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory

I have been unable to track this file down nor do I have any idea where it
should be. Any help would be appreciated.

Sandra A. Martinka
Geophysicist, Naval Research Lab
Marine Physics Branch, Code 7420
sam@qur.nrl.navy.mil
(202)404-1111

On Thu, Jan 04, 2001 at 01:59:38PM -0500, sam@qur.nrl.navy.mil wrote:

I have just installed the LINUX binaries for grass5.0beta10 in a shared
team directory (/home/agss/GRASS5.0). When I send the grass5 command the
first screen comes up ok but when I hit RETURN to continue I get the
following message:

Starting GRASS ...
/home/agss/GRASS5.0/etc/set_data: error in loading shared libraries:
libncurses.so.5: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory

This indicates that libncurses library is missing on your system.
You will have to install it (using your Linux CDROMs). Look for

"ncurses version 5" library, it will be there in a (RPM) package.

I have been unable to track this file down nor do I have any idea where it
should be. Any help would be appreciated.

Hope this helps,

Markus Neteler