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Subject: Re: Newbie PD curses strangeness - undefined '_initscr'
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Date: Thu, 17 Oct 2002 09:39:55 GMT
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JMH wrote:
> 
> Hours of pouring through Dejagoogle haven't given me assistance (and
> since the last question I asked ended up with me realizing I must have
> had a screwy download to blame for my troubles, I'm asking you folks.)
> 
> Trying to get pdcurses working.
> 
> Unpacked the binary.
> 
> #include <curses.h>
> 
> int main() {
>     initscr();
>     return 0;
> }
> 
> compiles file, but linking gives:
> 
> Error: undefined reference to '_initscr'

Your forgot the '-lpdcurses' argument to gcc.
Those routines have to live somewhere, y'know.