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Date:      Thu, 02 Aug 2007 13:11:04 -0500
From:      Reid Linnemann <lreid@cs.okstate.edu>
To:        RW <fbsd06@mlists.homeunix.com>
Cc:        freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: Nano issue
Message-ID:  <46B21E38.4080800@cs.okstate.edu>
In-Reply-To: <20070802172746.5c9bd856@gumby.homeunix.com.>
References:  <46B1BF19.3020104@gmail.com>	<6.2.3.4.2.20070802101030.0379ebd0@mailsvr.xxiii.com> <20070802172746.5c9bd856@gumby.homeunix.com.>

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Written by RW on 08/02/07 11:27>>
> On Thu, 02 Aug 2007 10:15:35 -0400
> r17fbsd@xxiii.com wrote:
> 
>> At 07:25 AM 8/2/2007, Roberth Sjonøy wrote:
>>> Hello, Ive just installed my prefered text 
>>> editor, nano, but when im going to run nano, this just appears:
>>> /libexec/ld-elf.so.1: Shared object 
>>> "libncursesw.so.6" not found , required by "nano"
>> I have nano 2.0.6 installed from packages (not ports) and it works
>> fine on 6.2.
>>
>> I also have that library with the same date as my last buildworld:
>>
>> $ ls -l /lib/*curs*
>> -r--r--r--  1 root  wheel  268108 Jan 14  2007 /lib/libncurses.so.6
>>
> but do you have libncursesw.so.6 - note the 'w'
> 
> The most likely scenario is that he's trying to use a 6-stable package
> on 6.2. This something that people tend to get away with, but is not
> actually supported.
> 
> Either build the port or install the correct package.
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I'm tracking 6-STABLE, and I only have /lib/libncurses.so.6. 
libcursesw.so.6 is listed as part of the compat6x port, perhaps Roberth 
has installed a 7-CURRENT package built with compat6x?



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