Re: [Vala] Vala and Curses

[Lewis Gunsch <lgunsch gmail com>]

Hi,

Is there not a package for Monodepelop already? You should be able to just
install it using Add/Remove Programs.

As for the make error, you will have to post more details before I can help.

~Lewis

On Fri, Apr 22, 2011 at 2:22 PM, Timothy Sassone <timothy s dev gmail com>wrote:

> Hello, my name is Timothy; I recently set up the Gnome version of Linux
> Mint
> to dual-boot on my desktop.  I do a fair bit of hobby programming, mostly
> in
> C++ or C# up to this point, and I'd like to try Vala.  I've followed the
> avaliable tutorials, and I'm getting the hang of the differences between it
> and C# (as well as Java, which the university I'm attending teaches).  I
> would like to try developing a curses-based (ncurses) application using
> Vala
> and MonoDevelop, but I'm having some difficulties in setting it up.
>
> I first tried downloading the tar through firefox, unzipped it, and tried
> to
> build it using:
>
> ./configure
> make
>
> The configure command worked, but I received errors when I tried to make
> it:
>
> make[1]: *** [../objects/cursesf.o] Error 127
> make[1]: Leaving directory `/home/-------/Desktop/ncurses-5.9/c++'
> make: *** [all] Error 2
>
> At a later suggestion I found through Google, I tried to apt-get ncurses:
> sudo apt-get install build-essentials
> sudo apt-get install libncurses5-dev
>
> But it couldn't seem to find either package.  Unfortunately, my only real
> experience in programming thus far has been in either NetBeans or Visual
> Studio, and both on Windows.  Any pointers on how to set up
> MonoDevelop/Vala
> to work with curses would be most appreciated!  Ncurses was attempted only
> because my initial searches for Vala curses bindings/vapi file returned
> results from this mailing list, in which is mentioned being tested and
> functional with ncurses.  Any curses variant/branch which works with Vala
> would be fine.
>
> Thank you for your time and effort,
> Timothy S.
>
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