Why compilation failing with error skipping incompatible /lib/libtinfo.so when searching for -ltinfo ?

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Issue

  • atop Application compilation failing with error.
/bin/ld: skipping incompatible /usr/lib/gcc/x86_64-redhat-linux/4.8.2/../../../libtinfo.so when searching for -ltinfo
/bin/ld: skipping incompatible /lib/libtinfo.so when searching for -ltinfo
/bin/ld: skipping incompatible /usr/lib/libtinfo.so when searching for -ltinfo
/bin/ld: cannot find -ltinfo
collect2: error: ld returned 1 exit status
make: *** [atop] Error 1

Environment

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7

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