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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Thanks Vitalie. I did much the same by re-installing Centos w/ more options and adding the packages you showed.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>There is so much misinformation out there on this.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Thank you for your time.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #B5C4DF 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>From:</span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'> freeswitch-users-bounces@lists.freeswitch.org [mailto:freeswitch-users-bounces@lists.freeswitch.org] <b>On Behalf Of </b>Vitalie Colosov<br><b>Sent:</b> Sunday, December 25, 2011 6:52 PM<br><b>To:</b> FreeSWITCH Users Help<br><b>Subject:</b> Re: [Freeswitch-users] ./configure still fails with error: libtermcap, libcurses or libncurses are required!<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>You need to install few other packages - full list is:<o:p></o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><div style='mso-element:para-border-div;border:dashed #2F6FAB 1.0pt;padding:12.0pt 12.0pt 12.0pt 12.0pt;background:white'><pre style='line-height:13.2pt;background:white;border:none;padding:0in'><o:p> </o:p></pre><pre style='line-height:13.2pt;background:white;border:none;padding:0in'>yum install autoconf automake gcc-c++ git-core libjpeg-devel libtool make ncurses-devel pkgconfig<o:p></o:p></pre></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>You can find this description at the following section of the installation guide:<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><a href="http://wiki.freeswitch.org/wiki/Installation_Guide#CentOS">http://wiki.freeswitch.org/wiki/Installation_Guide#CentOS</a><o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>Also, you might want to install the optional packages:<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><div style='mso-element:para-border-div;border:dashed #2F6FAB 1.0pt;padding:12.0pt 12.0pt 12.0pt 12.0pt;background:white'><pre style='line-height:13.2pt;background:white;border:none;padding:0in'><o:p> </o:p></pre><pre style='line-height:13.2pt;background:white;border:none;padding:0in'> yum install unixODBC-devel openssl-devel gnutls-devel libogg-devel libvorbis-devel curl-devel libtiff-devel libjpeg-devel python-devel expat-devel zlib zlib-devel bzip2 which<o:p></o:p></pre></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>Regards,<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>Vitalie<o:p></o:p></p></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal>2011/12/23 Sean Devoy <<a href="mailto:sdevoy@bizfocused.com">sdevoy@bizfocused.com</a>><o:p></o:p></p><div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'>Hi,<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'> <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'>I am a NooB to FreeSwitch. Sorry if I should start elsewhere, I can’t figure out where.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'> <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'>I ran the recommended installation instructions, including installing Centos 5.7 from boot DVD.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'> <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'>I installed and compiled GIT, regardless of the errors in the install guide.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'>I ran:<o:p></o:p></p><div style='border:dashed #2F6FAB 1.0pt;padding:12.0pt 12.0pt 12.0pt 12.0pt'><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;line-height:13.2pt;background:white'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";color:black'>cd /usr/local/src</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;line-height:13.2pt;background:white'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";color:black'>git clone git://<a href="http://git.freeswitch.org/freeswitch.git" target="_blank">git.freeswitch.org/freeswitch.git</a></span><o:p></o:p></p></div><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'> <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'> <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'>I went to:<o:p></o:p></p><div style='border:dashed #2F6FAB 1.0pt;padding:12.0pt 12.0pt 12.0pt 12.0pt'><pre style='line-height:13.2pt;background:white'><span style='color:black'>cd /usr/local/src/freeswitch</span><o:p></o:p></pre></div><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'>Ran:<o:p></o:p></p><div style='border:dashed #2F6FAB 1.0pt;padding:12.0pt 12.0pt 12.0pt 12.0pt'><pre style='line-height:13.2pt;background:white'><span style='color:black'>./bootstrap.sh</span><o:p></o:p></pre></div><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'>That required me to “yum install “ autoconf, automake and lib??? (I dont recall), then it would run.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'> <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'>And tried:<o:p></o:p></p><div style='border:dashed #2F6FAB 1.0pt;padding:12.0pt 12.0pt 12.0pt 12.0pt'><pre style='line-height:13.2pt;background:white'><o:p> </o:p></pre><pre style='line-height:13.2pt;background:white'><span style='color:black'>./configure</span><o:p></o:p></pre></div><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'>Which of course terminates with:<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'>configure: error: libtermcap, libcurses or libncurses are required!<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'> <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'>I have “yum install”ed libtermcap, libcurse,libncurese,termcap,ncurses,curses and everything else I can possibly find a reference to. That help a lot (a.k.a. NONE). Now I get:<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'>configure: error: libtermcap, libcurses or libncurses are required!<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'> <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'>I have googled and read and searched. I was happy to see where this was a known problem. I was disappointed to see NO help on what to do since it was “fixed”.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'> <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'>I am trying not to ask dumb questions, but I am struggling here.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'> <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'>It is possible for a mere mortal to install FreeSwitch on a new system? Is there a set of install instructions that match the current realease?<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'> <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'>I am fighting the urge to throw Linux out the window and go with the Windows build. I have made a living of MS products for over 20 years, but there seems to be nobody left there with a brain. I am trying to move on.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'> <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'>Thanks in advance,<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'>Sean<o:p></o:p></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><br>_________________________________________________________________________<br>Professional FreeSWITCH Consulting Services:<br><a href="mailto:consulting@freeswitch.org">consulting@freeswitch.org</a><br><a href="http://www.freeswitchsolutions.com" target="_blank">http://www.freeswitchsolutions.com</a><br><br>FreeSWITCH-powered IP PBX: The CudaTel Communication Server<br><a href="http://www.cudatel.com" target="_blank">http://www.cudatel.com</a><br><br>Official FreeSWITCH Sites<br><a href="http://www.freeswitch.org" target="_blank">http://www.freeswitch.org</a><br><a href="http://wiki.freeswitch.org" target="_blank">http://wiki.freeswitch.org</a><br><a href="http://www.cluecon.com" target="_blank">http://www.cluecon.com</a><br><br>FreeSWITCH-users mailing list<br><a href="mailto:FreeSWITCH-users@lists.freeswitch.org">FreeSWITCH-users@lists.freeswitch.org</a><br><a href="http://lists.freeswitch.org/mailman/listinfo/freeswitch-users" target="_blank">http://lists.freeswitch.org/mailman/listinfo/freeswitch-users</a><br>UNSUBSCRIBE:<a href="http://lists.freeswitch.org/mailman/options/freeswitch-users" target="_blank">http://lists.freeswitch.org/mailman/options/freeswitch-users</a><br><a href="http://www.freeswitch.org" target="_blank">http://www.freeswitch.org</a><o:p></o:p></p></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div></div></div></body></html>