Description

This library is needed by some console Windows applications.

Resolution

On CrossOver 17 and greater, the simplest solution to fix this issue is to run:

/path/to/cxoffice/bin/cxfix missinglibncurses missinglibncurses.amd64

Or add --show-all to see how CrossOver would fix it on your platform and others.

Alternatively you may try one of the commands below.

• For 32-bit Windows applications
  • Debian : apt-get install libncurses5:i386
  • 64-bit Fedora >= 13 : yum install ncurses-libs.i686 ncurses-libs.x86_64
  • 64-bit Fedora >= 24 : dnf install --best ncurses-compat-libs.i686 ncurses-compat-libs.x86_64
  • 64-bit openSUSE : zypper install libncurses5-32bit
     
• For 64-bit Windows applications
  • Debian : apt-get install libncurses5:amd64
  • Fedora >= 13 : yum install ncurses-libs
  • Fedora >= 24 : dnf install --best ncurses-compat-libs
  • openSUSE : zypper install libncurses5

Notes:

• cxfix --show-all may have more up-to-date fixes.
• The commands usually also apply to newer versions of the distributions above as well as derived distributions. So for instance a fix for Debian 7 may still be valid for the latest Debian Testing and is typically also applicable to Ubuntu, Linux Mint, Deepin and Pop! OS. Similarly a fix for Fedora likely also works on Red Hat Enterprise Linux, CentOS, etc.