Is libncurses.so.5 missing?
Issue
- Is
libncurses.so.5
missing from RHEL 9? - On RHEL 8 we have
ncurses-compat-libs
installed, because parts of our software depend on it. - Our software used
ncurses-libs
on RHEL 7 but now starts with error:
error while loading shared libraries: libncurses.so.5: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory
Environment
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8
- Software relying on
ncurses
/curses
text mode library
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