incompatible library ncurses (ubuntu 10.04.4 LTS lucid)

hello
i have following problem when i try to compile my software using curseses i get:

downloading: wget http://ftp.gnu.org/pub/gnu/ncurses/ncurses-5.7.tar.gz
i run following commands:
./configure --> no errors
make --> no errors
make install --> no errors

but when i want to make my monitor i get:
gcc -o yam -DYDEBUG -DKERNEL_6 -m64 yam.c ... yam_cpusingle -lnurses -lnsl -lcrypt

/usr/bin/ld: skipping incompatible /usr/lib/gcc/i486-linux-gnu/4.4.3/../../../libncurses.so when searching for -lncurses
/usr/bin/ld: skipping incompatible /usr/lib/gcc/i486-linux-gnu/4.4.3/../../../libncurses.a when searching for -lncurses
/usr/bin/ld: skipping incompatible /usr/lib/libncurses.so when searching for -lncurses
/usr/bin/ld: skipping incompatible /usr/lib/libncurses.a when searching for -lncurses
/usr/bin/ld: cannot find -lncurses
collect2: ld returned 1 exit status
make[1]: *** [yam] Fehler 1

here my directory /usr/lib: ls -l libncurs*
-rw-r--r-- 1 root richi 416130 2012-11-18 11:13 libncurses.a
-rw-r--r-- 1 root richi 127100 2012-11-18 11:13 libncurses++.a
-rw-r--r-- 1 root richi 2228358 2012-11-18 11:13 libncurses_g.a
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 20 2012-11-17 17:43 libncurses.so -> /lib/libncurses.so.5
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root richi 13 2012-11-17 17:46 libncurses.so.5 -> libtermcap.so
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 144208 2010-03-07 04:33 libncurses++w.a
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 424736 2010-03-07 04:33 libncursesw.a
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 21 2012-11-17 17:50 libncursesw.so -> /lib/libncursesw.so.5

and my directory /lib: ls -l libncurs*
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 17 2012-11-17 12:08 libncurses.so.5 -> libncurses.so.5.7
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 223768 2010-03-07 04:33 libncurses.so.5.7
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 18 2012-11-17 12:10 libncursesw.so.5 -> libncursesw.so.5.7
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 272952 2010-03-07 04:33 libncursesw.so.5.7


my question is: what's wrong (yeah incompatible) and can anybody help me ?
i'm working on a sony vaio PCG-Z1RMP
ubuntu lucid:
Linux version 2.6.32-45-generic (buildd@aatxe) (gcc version 4.4.3
(Ubuntu 4.4.3-4ubuntu5.1) ) #99-Ubuntu SMP Tue Oct 16 16:31:11 UTC 2012
GNU ld (GNU Binutils for Ubuntu) 2.20.1-system.20100303

also installed binaries ( installed with apt-get install ... )
libncurses5, libncurses5-dev, libcurses-dbg, libcursesw5, libcursesw5-dev
libncursesw5-dbg

did anybody have an idea what can id do
thanks
richi

The "make install" should be "sudo make install" so that the ncurses libraries is installed into the system directories. There might be extra configuration, but none that I know of. Try recompiling and see if it works.

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Originally Posted by zombifier25

The "make install" should be "sudo make install" so that the ncurses libraries is installed into the system directories. There might be extra configuration, but none that I know of. Try recompiling and see if it works.

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hello
excuse me - i don't tell - i was running as root.
thanks for reply
but i don't know whats going on.

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/usr/bin/ld: skipping incompatible /usr/lib/gcc/i486-linux-gnu/4.4.3/../../../libncurses.so when searching for -lncurses
/usr/bin/ld: skipping incompatible /usr/lib/gcc/i486-linux-gnu/4.4.3/../../../libncurses.a when searching for -lncurses
/usr/bin/ld: skipping incompatible /usr/lib/libncurses.so when searching for -lncurses
/usr/bin/ld: skipping incompatible /usr/lib/libncurses.a when searching for -lncurses
/usr/bin/ld: cannot find -lncurses
collect2: ld returned 1 exit status
make[1]: *** [yam] Fehler 1

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But this is saying that you got some error in making . so we need more information on both steps like ./configure ,make and sudo make install . Then only we can give you proper solution to resolve your issue .

Thank you .

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Originally Posted by raja.genupula

But this is saying that you got some error in making . so we need more information on both steps like ./configure ,make and sudo make install . Then only we can give you proper solution to resolve your issue .

Thank you .

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ohhhhhh
thanks for the hint about makefile. yam is a kernelmonitor written by myself and is running on different system ( even solaris ).
i got a switch with "uname -r" in my makefile to figure out the options for gcc.
i installed my old sony with lucid (12.04 - no pae - don't boot).
the error was between my ears. gcc was running with -m64 (uuuuuuuuuuuuuups)
thanks a lot
richi