Problem with FB on Geany in Linux Mint 20 [SOLVED]

[Mynaardt]

Hi there!

I recently got an almost new computer that I've put Linux Mint 20 on as the OS. Installed FB, and also did this:

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~ $ sudo apt-get install libc6-i386 lib32ncurses5-dev gcc-multilib g++-multilib

... because I had problems the first time I tried to get FB working.

But this time, I've got another problem, which I hope is a quick fix. When I try to compile FB through Geany, I get this errror message:
fbc: error while loading shared libraries: libtinfo.so.5: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory

I did try to install libtinfo5 in the terminal, but that didn't help, got the same error message.

Is there a quick fix for this one?

Thanks in advance!

[srvaldez]

did you succeed in installing libtinfo5 ?
if so, then a sudo ldconfig may solve your problem

[badidea]

Is there a quick fix for this one?

"sudo apt-get instal libtinfo5" will probably fix it.
The problem is not related to Geany, just the freebasic compiler itself. Never versions of Debian, Ubuntu, Mint seem to require installing "libtinfo5" explicitly. The problem / question has been posted before (many times), see forum search on "libtinfo5".

[Mynaardt]

Hi srvaldez and badidea.

Got the latest version of libtinfo5 installed, and sudo ldconfig didn't work either.

Will consult the other numerous messages...

Thanks for responding!

[robert]

Hi srvaldez and badidea.

Got the latest version of libtinfo5 installed, and sudo ldconfig didn't work either.

Will consult the other numerous messages...

Thanks for responding!

Try

sudo apt-get install libncurses5-dev

You need all the following for relatively problem free programming

gcc
make
libncurses5-dev
libtinfo5 (if not already installed as dependency of ncurses)
libgpm-dev
libx11-dev
libxext-dev
libxpm-dev
libxrandr-dev
libxrender-dev
libgl1-mesa-dev
libffi-dev

[Mynaardt]

Hi Robert!

Hi srvaldez and badidea.

Got the latest version of libtinfo5 installed, and sudo ldconfig didn't work either.

Will consult the other numerous messages...

Thanks for responding!

Try

sudo apt-get install libncurses5-dev

... (trimming a bit)

That didn't work either, unfortunately.

On the other hand, I did find a solution here that worked a treat:

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sudo apt-get install libtinfo5:i386

Which probably (as in definitely) meant I didn't realize I installed the 32 bit version. Oh well, live and learn. At least it's working properly now...
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