Application build fails with linker error "cannot find -lncurses"
Issue
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Compiling application fails at linking stage with
cannot find -lncurseserror./usr/bin/ld: skipping incompatible /usr/lib/gcc/x86_64-redhat-linux/4.4.7/../../../libncurses.so when searching for -lncurses /usr/bin/ld: skipping incompatible /usr/lib/libncurses.so when searching for -lncurses /usr/bin/ld: cannot find -lncurses collect2: ld returned 1 exit status make[1]: *** [product_timestamp] Error 1
Environment
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux
- gcc
- ncurses
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