From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Henrik Enberg Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Re: Cannot open termcap database file for emacs? Date: Mon, 1 Aug 2005 02:14:37 +0200 (CEST) Message-ID: <20050801001437.246EF4032@rocksteady.printf.se> References: <1122745711.408528.87540@g43g2000cwa.googlegroups.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: main.gmane.org X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1122856778 24094 80.91.229.2 (1 Aug 2005 00:39:38 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Mon, 1 Aug 2005 00:39:38 +0000 (UTC) Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Mon Aug 01 02:39:36 2005 Return-path: Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by ciao.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1DzOKq-0001SI-7M for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Mon, 01 Aug 2005 02:39:16 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1DzOK8-0004rf-3d for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Sun, 31 Jul 2005 20:38:32 -0400 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1DzOJZ-0004i6-33 for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sun, 31 Jul 2005 20:37:57 -0400 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1DzOJP-0004cZ-EU for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sun, 31 Jul 2005 20:37:55 -0400 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1DzOJO-0004YT-76 for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sun, 31 Jul 2005 20:37:46 -0400 Original-Received: from [81.228.8.83] (helo=pne-smtpout1-sn2.hy.skanova.net) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.34) id 1DzO90-0003tV-B1 for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sun, 31 Jul 2005 20:27:02 -0400 Original-Received: from rocksteady.printf.se (81.224.154.131) by pne-smtpout1-sn2.hy.skanova.net (7.2.060.1) id 42BFBBD20055471D for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Mon, 1 Aug 2005 02:14:37 +0200 Original-Received: by rocksteady.printf.se (Postfix, from userid 1000) id 246EF4032; Mon, 1 Aug 2005 02:14:37 +0200 (CEST) Original-To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org In-reply-to: <1122745711.408528.87540@g43g2000cwa.googlegroups.com> (the.g.man.x@gmail.com) X-BeenThere: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Original-Sender: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Errors-To: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.help:28325 X-Report-Spam: http://spam.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.help:28325 > From: "Erik the Red" > Date: 30 Jul 2005 10:48:31 -0700 > > I'm using Ubuntu Hoary. I tried to install emacs via source. > > emacs is definitely installed because a man page comes up when I type > "man emacs". > > However, if I try to run emacs, it gives me this error message in bash: > > emacs: Cannot open termcap database file "apt-get install libncurses5-dev" and then recompile Emacs. Or run emacs inside screen