[Samtools-help] when installing 1.31. on Centos (redhat) linux I get bam_tview_curses.c:46:5: error: unknown type name ‘WINDOW', no obvious reason

[Dan H. <dh...@ds...>]

  I am installing samtools 1-3-1, the newest version released last week 
and trying to compile it on Centos (redhat) 6.7

I did ./configure ...    and  make
configure: creating ./config.status
config.status: creating config.mk
config.status: creating config.h
[root@blade5-2-1 samtools-1.3.1]# make

and got this error and the installation quit.

I checked and verified that I installed ncurses and devel-ncurses as 
seen at the bottom.

google did not indicate any known errors of the first ban_tview_curses 
error..the other errrors indicated no ncurses devel-ncurses libraries 
but they are installed.

Any suggestions?

gcc -g -O2 -I. -Ihtslib-1.3.1  -c -o bam_tview.o bam_tview.c
gcc -g -O2 -I. -Ihtslib-1.3.1  -c -o bam_tview_curses.o bam_tview_curses.c
bam_tview_curses.c:46:5: error: unknown type name ‘WINDOW’
bam_tview_curses.c: In function ‘curses_init_colors’:
bam_tview_curses.c:107:22: error: ‘COLOR_WHITE’ undeclared (first use in 
this function)
bam_tview_curses.c:107:22: note: each undeclared identifier is reported 
only once for each function it appears in
bam_tview_curses.c:107:35: error: ‘COLOR_BLUE’ undeclared (first use in 
this function)
bam_tview_curses.c:108:22: error: ‘COLOR_BLACK’ undeclared (first use in 
this function)
bam_tview_curses.c:108:35: error: ‘COLOR_GREEN’ undeclared (first use in 
this function)
bam_tview_curses.c:109:35: error: ‘COLOR_YELLOW’ undeclared (first use 
in this function)
bam_tview_curses.c:112:35: error: ‘COLOR_CYAN’ undeclared (first use in 
this function)
bam_tview_curses.c:113:35: error: ‘COLOR_MAGENTA’ undeclared (first use 
in this function)
bam_tview_curses.c:114:35: error: ‘COLOR_RED’ undeclared (first use in 
this function)
bam_tview_curses.c: In function ‘tv_win_goto’:
bam_tview_curses.c:154:18: error: ‘KEY_BACKSPACE’ undeclared (first use 
in this function)
bam_tview_curses.c:156:25: error: ‘KEY_ENTER’ undeclared (first use in 
this function)
bam_tview_curses.c: In function ‘tv_win_help’:
bam_tview_curses.c:203:5: error: unknown type name ‘WINDOW’
bam_tview_curses.c: In function ‘curses_underline’:
bam_tview_curses.c:239:12: error: ‘A_UNDERLINE’ undeclared (first use in 
this function)
bam_tview_curses.c: In function ‘curses_loop’:
bam_tview_curses.c:263:18: error: ‘KEY_LEFT’ undeclared (first use in 
this function)
bam_tview_curses.c:265:18: error: ‘KEY_RIGHT’ undeclared (first use in 
this function)
bam_tview_curses.c:267:18: error: ‘KEY_SLEFT’ undeclared (first use in 
this function)
bam_tview_curses.c:269:18: error: ‘KEY_SRIGHT’ undeclared (first use in 
this function)
bam_tview_curses.c:278:18: error: ‘KEY_UP’ undeclared (first use in this 
function)
bam_tview_curses.c:280:18: error: ‘KEY_DOWN’ undeclared (first use in 
this function)
bam_tview_curses.c:282:18: error: ‘KEY_BACKSPACE’ undeclared (first use 
in this function)
bam_tview_curses.c:284:18: error: ‘KEY_RESIZE’ undeclared (first use in 
this function)
bam_tview_curses.c:284:39: error: ‘stdscr’ undeclared (first use in this 
function)
bam_tview_curses.c: In function ‘curses_tv_init’:
bam_tview_curses.c:325:12: error: ‘stdscr’ undeclared (first use in this 
function)
bam_tview_curses.c:325:20: error: ‘TRUE’ undeclared (first use in this 
function)
bam_tview_curses.c:331:15: warning: assignment makes pointer from 
integer without a cast [enabled by default]
bam_tview_curses.c:332:15: warning: assignment makes pointer from 
integer without a cast [enabled by default]
make: *** [bam_tview_curses.o] Error 1
[root@blade5-2-1 samtools-1.3.1]# make install^C
[root@blade5-2-1 samtools-1.3.1]# yum install ncurses ncurses-devel
Loaded plugins: dellsysid, fastestmirror, security
Setting up Install Process
Determining fastest mirrors
epel/metalink |  13 kB     00:00
  * base: mirror.fdcservers.net
  * epel: mirror.compevo.com
  * extras: centos.mirror.lstn.net
  * rpmforge: mirror.team-cymru.org
  * updates: mirror.eboundhost.com
base | 3.7 kB     00:00
dell-omsa-indep | 1.9 kB     00:00
dell-omsa-specific | 1.9 kB     00:00
epel | 4.3 kB     00:00
epel/primary_db | 5.9 MB     00:01
extras | 3.4 kB     00:00
rpmforge | 1.9 kB     00:00
testing-1.1-devtools-6 |  951 B     00:00
testing-devtools-2-centos-6 |  951 B     00:00
updates | 3.4 kB     00:00
updates/primary_db | 4.7 MB     00:00
Package ncurses-5.7-4.20090207.el6.x86_64 already installed and latest 
version
Package ncurses-devel-5.7-4.20090207.el6.x86_64 already installed and 
latest version
Nothing to do