I' m trying to compile ircII 4.4 under Linux Suse 5.1. After uncompression I exectuted: ./configure --prefix=/usr --exec-prefix=/usr and I got: creating cache ./config.cache this is ircii version 4.4 checking for gcc... gcc checking whether the C compiler (gcc ) works... yes checking whether the C compiler (gcc ) is a cross-compiler... no checking whether we are using GNU C... yes checking whether gcc accepts -g... yes checking how to run the C preprocessor... gcc -E checking for POSIXized ISC... no checking for NeXT... no checking for AIX... no checking for flex... flex checking for yywrap in -lfl... yes checking whether gcc needs -traditional... no checking for getpwnam in -lsun... no checking for qnx... no checking for solaris... no checking for SVR4... no checking for -I/usr/netinclude... no checking for hpux version... no checking for ultrix... no checking for POSIX.1... yes checking for sequent/ptx... no checking for sys/un.h... yes checking for sys/select.h... no checking for sys/fcntl.h... yes checking for sys/ioctl.h... yes checking for sys/file.h... yes checking for sys/time.h... yes checking for sys/wait.h... yes checking for sys/twg_config.h... no checking for sys/ptem.h... no checking for unistd.h... yes checking for fcntl.h... yes checking for string.h... yes checking for memory.h... yes checking for netdb.h... yes checking for limits.h... yes checking for stdarg.h... yes checking for process.h... no checking for termcap.h... yes checking for termios.h... yes checking for setsid... yes checking for getpgid... yes checking for getsid... yes checking for scandir... yes checking for memmove... yes checking for uname... yes checking for strftime... yes checking for getcwd... yes checking for fchmod... yes checking for strerror... yes checking for ANSI C header files... yes checking whether time.h and sys/time.h may both be included... yes checking for dirent.h that defines DIR... yes checking for opendir in -ldir... no checking return type of signal handlers... void checking for mode_t... yes checking for pid_t... yes checking for size_t... yes checking for uid_t in sys/types.h... yes checking for struct linger... yes checking for select... yes checking for tgetent in -ltermcap... no checking for tgetent in -ltermlib... no checking for tgetent in -lcurses... no checking for tgetent in -lxtermcap... no configure: warning: i can not find tgetent. you might need to help me checking for tputs in curses.h... no checking for tputs in term.h... yes checking signal implementation checking for sigaction... yes using posix signals checking for waitpid declaration... yes checking for sys_errlist declaration... yes checking for a 32 bit integer... unsigned long checking for socket in -lsocket... no checking for socket in -linet... no checking for gethostname in -lnsl... no checking for inet_addr in -ldgc... no checking for gethostbyname in -lresolv... no checking for non-blocking... posix generating a list of signal names... checking for unix mail directory... /var/spool/mail checking whether to support SOCKS... no checking for pax... no checking for tar... tar checking for gzcat... no checking for zcat... zcat checking for sendmail... /usr/lib/sendmail updating cache ./config.cache creating ./config.status creating Makefile creating ircbug creating include/Makefile creating source/Makefile creating include/defs.h well there we are, you now might want to look in include/config.h and see if there is anything you might want to tune, else you can just run a make here.. good luck! What does it mean that: "configure: warning: i can not find tgetent. you might need to help me"? I' ve checked include/config.h and it was ok. When I ran "make", I got: make[1]: Entering directory `/usr/src/ircii-4.4/source' gcc -g -O2 -DHAVE_CONFIG_H -I../include -c alias.c gcc -g -O2 -DHAVE_CONFIG_H -I../include -c crypt.c gcc -g -O2 -DHAVE_CONFIG_H -I../include -c ctcp.c gcc -g -O2 -DHAVE_CONFIG_H -I../include -c dcc.c dcc.c: In function `process_incoming_listen': dcc.c:1242: warning: passing arg 1 of `dcc_searchlist' discards `const' from pointer target type gcc -g -O2 -DHAVE_CONFIG_H -I../include -c debug.c gcc -g -O2 -DHAVE_CONFIG_H -I../include -c edit.c gcc -g -O2 -DHAVE_CONFIG_H -I../include -c exec.c gcc -g -O2 -DHAVE_CONFIG_H -I../include -c flood.c gcc -g -O2 -DHAVE_CONFIG_H -I../include -c funny.c gcc -g -O2 -DHAVE_CONFIG_H -I../include -DDEFAULT_HELP_PATH=\"/usr/lib/irc/help\" -c help.c help.c: In function `help_me': help.c:616: warning: passing arg 3 of `scandir' from incompatible pointer type help.c:616: warning: passing arg 4 of `scandir' from incompatible pointer type gcc -g -O2 -DHAVE_CONFIG_H -I../include -c history.c gcc -g -O2 -DHAVE_CONFIG_H -I../include -c hold.c gcc -g -O2 -DHAVE_CONFIG_H -I../include -c hook.c gcc -g -O2 -DHAVE_CONFIG_H -I../include -c if.c gcc -g -O2 -DHAVE_CONFIG_H -I../include -c ignore.c gcc -g -O2 -DHAVE_CONFIG_H -I../include -c input.c gcc -g -O2 -DHAVE_CONFIG_H -I../include -DIRCLIB=\"/usr/lib/irc/\" -DIRCPATH=\"~/.irc:/usr/lib/irc/script:.\" -c irc.c gcc -g -O2 -DHAVE_CONFIG_H -I../include -c ircaux.c gcc -g -O2 -DHAVE_CONFIG_H -I../include -c ircsig.c gcc -g -O2 -DHAVE_CONFIG_H -I../include -c keys.c gcc -g -O2 -DHAVE_CONFIG_H -I../include -c lastlog.c gcc -g -O2 -DHAVE_CONFIG_H -I../include -c list.c gcc -g -O2 -DHAVE_CONFIG_H -I../include -c log.c gcc -g -O2 -DHAVE_CONFIG_H -I../include -c mail.c gcc -g -O2 -DHAVE_CONFIG_H -I../include -c menu.c gcc -g -O2 -DHAVE_CONFIG_H -I../include -c names.c gcc -g -O2 -DHAVE_CONFIG_H -I../include -c newio.c gcc -g -O2 -DHAVE_CONFIG_H -I../include -c notice.c gcc -g -O2 -DHAVE_CONFIG_H -I../include -c notify.c gcc -g -O2 -DHAVE_CONFIG_H -I../include -c numbers.c gcc -g -O2 -DHAVE_CONFIG_H -I../include -c output.c gcc -g -O2 -DHAVE_CONFIG_H -I../include -c parse.c gcc -g -O2 -DHAVE_CONFIG_H -I../include -c queue.c gcc -g -O2 -DHAVE_CONFIG_H -I../include -c reg.c gcc -g -O2 -DHAVE_CONFIG_H -I../include -c scandir.c gcc -g -O2 -DHAVE_CONFIG_H -I../include -DWSERV_PATH=\"/usr/bin/wserv\" -c screen.c gcc -g -O2 -DHAVE_CONFIG_H -I../include -DIRCIO_PATH=\"/usr/bin/ircio\" -c server.c gcc -g -O2 -DHAVE_CONFIG_H -I../include -c stack.c gcc -g -O2 -DHAVE_CONFIG_H -I../include -c status.c gcc -g -O2 -DHAVE_CONFIG_H -I../include -c term.c gcc -g -O2 -DHAVE_CONFIG_H -I../include -DTRANSLATION_PATH=\"/usr/lib/irc/translation/\" -c translat.c gcc -g -O2 -DHAVE_CONFIG_H -I../include -DDEFAULT_HELP_PATH=\"/usr/lib/irc/help\" -c vars.c gcc -g -O2 -DHAVE_CONFIG_H -I../include -c whois.c gcc -g -O2 -DHAVE_CONFIG_H -I../include -c window.c gcc -g -O2 -DHAVE_CONFIG_H -o irc alias.o crypt.o ctcp.o dcc.o debug.o edit.o exec.o flood.o funny.o help.o history.o hold.o hook.o if.o ignore.o input.o irc.o ircaux.o ircsig.o keys.o lastlog.o list.o log.o mail.o menu.o names.o newio.o notice.o notify.o numbers.o output.o parse.o queue.o reg.o scandir.o screen.o server.o stack.o status.o term.o translat.o vars.o whois.o window.o edit.o: In function `command_completion': /usr/src/ircii-4.4/source/edit.c:2264: undefined reference to `tputs' edit.o: In function `edit_char': /usr/src/ircii-4.4/source/edit.c:3186: undefined reference to `tputs' edit.o: In function `beepcmd': /usr/src/ircii-4.4/source/edit.c:3719: undefined reference to `tputs' input.o: In function `cursor_to_input': /usr/src/ircii-4.4/source/input.c:66: undefined reference to `tgoto' /usr/src/ircii-4.4/source/input.c:66: undefined reference to `tputs' input.o: In function `update_input': /usr/src/ircii-4.4/source/input.c:182: undefined reference to `tgoto' /usr/src/ircii-4.4/source/input.c:182: undefined reference to `tputs' /usr/src/ircii-4.4/source/input.c:207: undefined reference to `tgoto' /usr/src/ircii-4.4/source/input.c:207: undefined reference to `tputs' /usr/src/ircii-4.4/source/input.c:220: undefined reference to `tgoto' /usr/src/ircii-4.4/source/input.c:220: undefined reference to `tputs' input.o: In function `input_move_cursor': /usr/src/ircii-4.4/source/input.c:290: undefined reference to `tgoto' /usr/src/ircii-4.4/source/input.c:290: undefined reference to `tputs' input.o: In function `input_delete_character': /usr/src/ircii-4.4/source/input.c:378: undefined reference to `tgoto' /usr/src/ircii-4.4/source/input.c:378: undefined reference to `tputs' /usr/src/ircii-4.4/source/input.c:380: undefined reference to `tgoto' /usr/src/ircii-4.4/source/input.c:380: undefined reference to `tputs' input.o: In function `input_backspace': /usr/src/ircii-4.4/source/input.c:411: undefined reference to `tgoto' /usr/src/ircii-4.4/source/input.c:411: undefined reference to `tputs' /usr/src/ircii-4.4/source/input.c:424: undefined reference to `tgoto' /usr/src/ircii-4.4/source/input.c:424: undefined reference to `tputs' /usr/src/ircii-4.4/source/input.c:434: undefined reference to `tgoto' /usr/src/ircii-4.4/source/input.c:434: undefined reference to `tputs' input.o: In function `input_clear_to_eol': /usr/src/ircii-4.4/source/input.c:649: undefined reference to `tgoto' /usr/src/ircii-4.4/source/input.c:649: undefined reference to `tputs' input.o: In function `input_clear_to_bol': /usr/src/ircii-4.4/source/input.c:677: undefined reference to `tgoto' /usr/src/ircii-4.4/source/input.c:677: undefined reference to `tputs' /usr/src/ircii-4.4/source/input.c:681: undefined reference to `tgoto' /usr/src/ircii-4.4/source/input.c:681: undefined reference to `tputs' input.o: In function `input_clear_line': /usr/src/ircii-4.4/source/input.c:702: undefined reference to `tgoto' /usr/src/ircii-4.4/source/input.c:702: undefined reference to `tputs' /usr/src/ircii-4.4/source/input.c:706: undefined reference to `tgoto' /usr/src/ircii-4.4/source/input.c:706: undefined reference to `tputs' input.o: In function `input_transpose_characters': /usr/src/ircii-4.4/source/input.c:744: undefined reference to `tgoto' /usr/src/ircii-4.4/source/input.c:744: undefined reference to `tputs' /usr/src/ircii-4.4/source/input.c:748: undefined reference to `tgoto' /usr/src/ircii-4.4/source/input.c:748: undefined reference to `tputs' irc.o: In function `irc_exit': /usr/src/ircii-4.4/source/irc.c:203: undefined reference to `tputs' menu.o: In function `ShowMenuByWindow': /usr/src/ircii-4.4/source/menu.c:218: undefined reference to `tgoto' /usr/src/ircii-4.4/source/menu.c:218: undefined reference to `tputs' /usr/src/ircii-4.4/source/menu.c:228: undefined reference to `tputs' /usr/src/ircii-4.4/source/menu.c:229: undefined reference to `tgoto' /usr/src/ircii-4.4/source/menu.c:229: undefined reference to `tputs' /usr/src/ircii-4.4/source/menu.c:236: undefined reference to `tputs' output.o: In function `refresh_screen': /usr/src/ircii-4.4/source/output.c:52: undefined reference to `tputs' output.o: In function `init_screen': /usr/src/ircii-4.4/source/output.c:66: undefined reference to `tputs' /usr/src/ircii-4.4/source/output.c:72: undefined reference to `tgoto' /usr/src/ircii-4.4/source/output.c:72: undefined reference to `tputs' parse.o: In function `beep_em': /usr/src/ircii-4.4/source/parse.c:191: undefined reference to `tputs' screen.o: In function `scroll_window': /usr/src/ircii-4.4/source/screen.c:302: undefined reference to `tgoto' /usr/src/ircii-4.4/source/screen.c:302: undefined reference to `tputs' /usr/src/ircii-4.4/source/screen.c:305: undefined reference to `tputs' /usr/src/ircii-4.4/source/screen.c:306: undefined reference to `tputs' /usr/src/ircii-4.4/source/screen.c:309: undefined reference to `tputs' /usr/src/ircii-4.4/source/screen.c:310: undefined reference to `tputs' /usr/src/ircii-4.4/source/screen.c:329: undefined reference to `tgoto' /usr/src/ircii-4.4/source/screen.c:329: undefined reference to `tputs' /usr/src/ircii-4.4/source/screen.c:334: undefined reference to `tputs' /usr/src/ircii-4.4/source/screen.c:335: undefined reference to `tputs' /usr/src/ircii-4.4/source/screen.c:342: undefined reference to `tputs' screen.o: In function `display_highlight': /usr/src/ircii-4.4/source/screen.c:375: undefined reference to `tputs' screen.o:/usr/src/ircii-4.4/source/screen.c:382: more undefined references to `tputs' follow screen.o: In function `rite': /usr/src/ircii-4.4/source/screen.c:642: undefined reference to `tgoto' /usr/src/ircii-4.4/source/screen.c:642: undefined reference to `tputs' /usr/src/ircii-4.4/source/screen.c:700: undefined reference to `tputs' /usr/src/ircii-4.4/source/screen.c:701: undefined reference to `tputs' screen.o: In function `clear_window': /usr/src/ircii-4.4/source/screen.c:943: undefined reference to `tgoto' /usr/src/ircii-4.4/source/screen.c:943: undefined reference to `tputs' /usr/src/ircii-4.4/source/screen.c:949: undefined reference to `tputs' screen.o: In function `redraw_window': /usr/src/ircii-4.4/source/screen.c:1010: undefined reference to `tgoto' /usr/src/ircii-4.4/source/screen.c:1010: undefined reference to `tputs' /usr/src/ircii-4.4/source/screen.c:1028: undefined reference to `tputs' screen.o: In function `display_lastlog_lines': /usr/src/ircii-4.4/source/screen.c:1956: undefined reference to `tgoto' /usr/src/ircii-4.4/source/screen.c:1956: undefined reference to `tputs' screen.o: In function `scrollback_backwards_lines': /usr/src/ircii-4.4/source/screen.c:1972: undefined reference to `tputs' screen.o: In function `scrollback_forwards_lines': /usr/src/ircii-4.4/source/screen.c:2002: undefined reference to `tputs' screen.o: In function `scrollback_end': /usr/src/ircii-4.4/source/screen.c:2077: undefined reference to `tputs' screen.o: In function `scrollback_start': /usr/src/ircii-4.4/source/screen.c:2114: undefined reference to `tputs' status.o:/usr/src/ircii-4.4/source/status.c:105: more undefined references to `tputs' follow status.o: In function `make_status': /usr/src/ircii-4.4/source/status.c:750: undefined reference to `tgoto' /usr/src/ircii-4.4/source/status.c:750: undefined reference to `tputs' term.o: In function `term_putchar': /usr/src/ircii-4.4/source/term.c:222: undefined reference to `tputs' /usr/src/ircii-4.4/source/term.c:229: undefined reference to `tputs' /usr/src/ircii-4.4/source/term.c:232: undefined reference to `tputs' term.o: In function `term_reset': /usr/src/ircii-4.4/source/term.c:297: undefined reference to `tgoto' /usr/src/ircii-4.4/source/term.c:297: undefined reference to `tputs' /usr/src/ircii-4.4/source/term.c:298: undefined reference to `tgoto' /usr/src/ircii-4.4/source/term.c:298: undefined reference to `tputs' term.o: In function `term_init': /usr/src/ircii-4.4/source/term.c:382: undefined reference to `tgetent' /usr/src/ircii-4.4/source/term.c:389: undefined reference to `tgetnum' /usr/src/ircii-4.4/source/term.c:391: undefined reference to `tgetnum' /usr/src/ircii-4.4/source/term.c:399: undefined reference to `tgetnum' /usr/src/ircii-4.4/source/term.c:400: undefined reference to `tgetstr' /usr/src/ircii-4.4/source/term.c:401: undefined reference to `tgetstr' /usr/src/ircii-4.4/source/term.c:408: undefined reference to `tgetstr' /usr/src/ircii-4.4/source/term.c:410: undefined reference to `tgetstr' /usr/src/ircii-4.4/source/term.c:413: undefined reference to `tgetstr' term.o:/usr/src/ircii-4.4/source/term.c:420: more undefined references to `tgetstr' follow term.o: In function `term_init': /usr/src/ircii-4.4/source/term.c:428: undefined reference to `tgetflag' /usr/src/ircii-4.4/source/term.c:433: undefined reference to `tgetstr' /usr/src/ircii-4.4/source/term.c:434: undefined reference to `tgetstr' /usr/src/ircii-4.4/source/term.c:436: undefined reference to `tgetstr' /usr/src/ircii-4.4/source/term.c:438: undefined reference to `tgetstr' /usr/src/ircii-4.4/source/term.c:438: undefined reference to `tgetstr' term.o:/usr/src/ircii-4.4/source/term.c:440: more undefined references to `tgetstr' follow term.o: In function `term_CE_clear_to_eol': /usr/src/ircii-4.4/source/term.c:631: undefined reference to `tputs' term.o: In function `term_CS_scroll': /usr/src/ircii-4.4/source/term.c:677: undefined reference to `tgoto' /usr/src/ircii-4.4/source/term.c:677: undefined reference to `tputs' /usr/src/ircii-4.4/source/term.c:680: undefined reference to `tgoto' /usr/src/ircii-4.4/source/term.c:680: undefined reference to `tputs' /usr/src/ircii-4.4/source/term.c:684: undefined reference to `tgoto' /usr/src/ircii-4.4/source/term.c:684: undefined reference to `tputs' /usr/src/ircii-4.4/source/term.c:686: undefined reference to `tputs' /usr/src/ircii-4.4/source/term.c:687: undefined reference to `tgoto' /usr/src/ircii-4.4/source/term.c:687: undefined reference to `tputs' term.o: In function `term_ALDL_scroll': /usr/src/ircii-4.4/source/term.c:705: undefined reference to `tgoto' /usr/src/ircii-4.4/source/term.c:705: undefined reference to `tputs' /usr/src/ircii-4.4/source/term.c:707: undefined reference to `tputs' /usr/src/ircii-4.4/source/term.c:708: undefined reference to `tgoto' /usr/src/ircii-4.4/source/term.c:708: undefined reference to `tputs' /usr/src/ircii-4.4/source/term.c:710: undefined reference to `tputs' /usr/src/ircii-4.4/source/term.c:715: undefined reference to `tgoto' /usr/src/ircii-4.4/source/term.c:715: undefined reference to `tputs' /usr/src/ircii-4.4/source/term.c:717: undefined reference to `tputs' /usr/src/ircii-4.4/source/term.c:718: undefined reference to `tgoto' /usr/src/ircii-4.4/source/term.c:718: undefined reference to `tputs' /usr/src/ircii-4.4/source/term.c:720: undefined reference to `tputs' term.o: In function `term_param_ALDL_scroll': /usr/src/ircii-4.4/source/term.c:736: undefined reference to `tgoto' /usr/src/ircii-4.4/source/term.c:736: undefined reference to `tputs' /usr/src/ircii-4.4/source/term.c:737: undefined reference to `tgoto' /usr/src/ircii-4.4/source/term.c:737: undefined reference to `tputs' /usr/src/ircii-4.4/source/term.c:744: undefined reference to `tgoto' /usr/src/ircii-4.4/source/term.c:744: undefined reference to `tputs' /usr/src/ircii-4.4/source/term.c:745: undefined reference to `tgoto' /usr/src/ircii-4.4/source/term.c:745: undefined reference to `tputs' /usr/src/ircii-4.4/source/term.c:746: undefined reference to `tgoto' /usr/src/ircii-4.4/source/term.c:746: undefined reference to `tputs' /usr/src/ircii-4.4/source/term.c:747: undefined reference to `tgoto' /usr/src/ircii-4.4/source/term.c:747: undefined reference to `tputs' term.o: In function `term_IC_insert': /usr/src/ircii-4.4/source/term.c:764: undefined reference to `tputs' term.o: In function `term_IMEI_insert': /usr/src/ircii-4.4/source/term.c:781: undefined reference to `tputs' /usr/src/ircii-4.4/source/term.c:783: undefined reference to `tputs' term.o: In function `term_DC_delete': /usr/src/ircii-4.4/source/term.c:794: undefined reference to `tputs' term.o:/usr/src/ircii-4.4/source/term.c:802: more undefined references to `tputs' follow make[1]: *** [irc] Error 1 make[1]: Leaving directory `/usr/src/ircii-4.4/source' make: *** [irc] Error 2 What can I do to compile ircII 4.4 successfully? 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