Help with ncurses

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When I try to require ncurses the following error message comes up.

no such file to load -- ncurses_bin.so (LoadError)

What can I do to remedy this?

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$ irb
irb(main):001:0> RUBY_PLATFORM
=> "x86_64-linux"
irb(main):002:0> RUBY_VERSION
=> "1.9.2"
irb(main):003:0> require 'curses'
=> true
irb(main):004:0>

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2011/1/18 Institute For human continuity <misplaced.muse@hotmail.com>

When I try to require ncurses the following error message comes up.

no such file to load -- ncurses_bin.so (LoadError)

What can I do to remedy this?

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Was ncurses installed before compiling/installing Ruby?

If the ruby version was provided by the Linux distribution you have,
did you check for curses package in your package manager?

Start with that and let us know.

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On Jan 18, 1:05 pm, Institute For human continuity <misplaced.m...@hotmail.com> wrote:

When I try to require ncurses the following error message comes up.

no such file to load -- ncurses_bin.so (LoadError)

What can I do to remedy this?

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Luis Lavena

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Thanks for your help but I've already worked out that ncurses and
Windows, which I am using, don't mix.

Back to the drawing board.

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try pdcurses
also look at ffi-ncurses

best regards -botp

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On Thu, Jan 20, 2011 at 11:17 AM, Institute For human continuity <misplaced.muse@hotmail.com> wrote:

Thanks for your help but I've already worked out that ncurses and
Windows, which I am using, don't mix.