Subj : Golded for Linux
To   : Martin Foster
From : Alan Ianson
Date : Sat Jul 31 2021 05:45 am

> Hello Alan!

>> Sure, I have a recent golded that runs on linux. If you are having
>> trouble running golded on linux I would try a fresh install.
>> https://github.com/golded-plus/golded-plus
> I've downloaded the 64-Bit tarball from there and installed it but I can't
> get it to run on my new Manjaro system.

That can be a problem with pre-compiled programs on linux.

> First attempt, it complained about missing ncurses5 libs, so I installed
> ncurses5-compat-libs from the Manjaro AUR repo.
> Second attempt, it compalined about this:
> golded: /usr/lib/libncurses.so.5: version `NCURSES_5.0.19991023' not found
> (required by golded).

You probably don't need the -compat ncurses. On Slackware I build with ncurses-6.2_20201219 and golded builds fine.

> What now?

Did you grab fresh sources from github? If not grab them from the above URL and let us know if the problem persists.
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