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Hi Foamers,
I tried to install OpenFoam-1.6-ext following the instructions here. And the setSet utility could not be complied.
The error is mainly

Found readline/readline.h  --  enabling readline support.
make[2]: `/home/zech/OpenFOAM/OpenFOAM-1.6-ext/applications/bin/linuxGcc46DPOpt/surfaceFind' is up to date.
make[2]: `/home/zech/OpenFOAM/OpenFOAM-1.6-ext/applications/bin/linuxGcc46DPOpt/surfaceMeshConvert' is up to date.
make[3]: `/home/zech/OpenFOAM/OpenFOAM-1.6-ext/applications/bin/linuxGcc46DPOpt/execFlowFunctionObjects' is up to date.
g++ -m32 -Dlinux -DWM_DP -Wall -Wextra -Wno-unused-parameter -Wold-style-cast -O3  -DNoRepository -ftemplate-depth-40 -DREADLINE=1     -I/home/zech/OpenFOAM/OpenFOAM-1.6-ext/src/meshTools/lnInclude -IlnInclude -I. -I/home/zech/OpenFOAM/OpenFOAM-1.6-ext/src/OpenFOAM/lnInclude -I/home/zech/OpenFOAM/OpenFOAM-1.6-ext/src/OSspecific/POSIX/lnInclude   -fPIC -Xlinker --add-needed -Xlinker --no-as-needed Make/linuxGcc46DPOpt/writePointSet.o Make/linuxGcc46DPOpt/writeFuns.o Make/linuxGcc46DPOpt/writePatch.o Make/linuxGcc46DPOpt/setSet.o -L/home/zech/OpenFOAM/OpenFOAM-1.6-ext/lib/linuxGcc46DPOpt \
         -lmeshTools     -lreadline -lncurses -lOpenFOAM -ldl   -lm -o /home/zech/OpenFOAM/OpenFOAM-1.6-ext/applications/bin/linuxGcc46DPOpt/setSet
make[2]: `/home/zech/OpenFOAM/OpenFOAM-1.6-ext/applications/bin/linuxGcc46DPOpt/surfaceMeshConvertTesting' is up to date.
/usr/bin/ld: cannot find -lncurses
collect2: ld returned 1 exit status
make[3]: *** [/home/zech/OpenFOAM/OpenFOAM-1.6-ext/applications/bin/linuxGcc46DPOpt/setSet] Error 1
make[2]: *** [setSet] Error 2

A similar but different error is explained here. But the library I'm missing is different. Can anyone suggest a way to fix this, please? The full make.log is attached.

Thanks and wishe
Zech

[wyldckat]

Greetings Zech,

When in doubt, take a look at the latest installation instructions for the foam-extend project
For example, here: http://openfoamwiki.net/index.php/In...u#Ubuntu_12.04 - you'll find out that you need to install the package "libncurses5-dev":

sudo apt-get install libncurses5-dev

Best regards,
Bruno

[a19910112a]

That solves the problem. Thanks!