[TriLUG] Where, oh where, is libtinfo.so.5?

[al johson]

Ahem, I believe the "lame problem" has victimized yet another Linux user!!
Al Johnson.
----- Original Message ----- 
From: Robert Floyd <r.floyd3 at verizon.net>
To: <trilug at trilug.org>
Sent: Wednesday, May 15, 2002 10:45 PM
Subject: [TriLUG] Where, oh where, is libtinfo.so.5?


> I'm running KDE 3.0 from the SuSe 8.0 distribution and am unable to get
> the audiocd option of Konqueror to show MP3s. I read elsewhere that this
> has to do with not having LAME installed, so I went out and pulled down
> lame and lame-lib rpms. When I attempted the install, I got the message
> that I need libtinfo.so.5. The only problem is that I can't seem to find
> it anywhere. rpmfind.net said it was on ncurses-devel, so I loaded that,
> but no libtinfo.so.5.
> 
> The sad part is that, running KDE 2.2.2 on SuSe 7.3, this feature worked
> perfectly. It's not working now, even though I loaded blade, which should
> provide the mp3 ripping capabilities.
> 
> Can anyone provide guidance?
> 
> Did I make a huge mistake upgrading to 8.0?
> 
> Hoping not,
> Robert Floyd
> Durham, NC
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