samtools on ubuntu 14.04.3

[cmccabe]

I download samtools-1.2, extracted, and in the make process I get:

cmccabe@HP-Z640-Workstation:~/Desktop/ngs_analysis/samtools-1.2$ make
gcc -g -Wall -O2 -D_FILE_OFFSET_BITS=64 -D_LARGEFILE64_SOURCE -D_CURSES_LIB=1 -I. -Ihtslib-1.2.1 -c -o bam_index.o bam_index.c
gcc -g -Wall -O2 -D_FILE_OFFSET_BITS=64 -D_LARGEFILE64_SOURCE -D_CURSES_LIB=1 -I. -Ihtslib-1.2.1 -c -o bam_plcmd.o bam_plcmd.c
gcc -g -Wall -O2 -D_FILE_OFFSET_BITS=64 -D_LARGEFILE64_SOURCE -D_CURSES_LIB=1 -I. -Ihtslib-1.2.1 -c -o sam_view.o sam_view.c
gcc -g -Wall -O2 -D_FILE_OFFSET_BITS=64 -D_LARGEFILE64_SOURCE -D_CURSES_LIB=1 -I. -Ihtslib-1.2.1 -c -o bam_cat.o bam_cat.c
gcc -g -Wall -O2 -D_FILE_OFFSET_BITS=64 -D_LARGEFILE64_SOURCE -D_CURSES_LIB=1 -I. -Ihtslib-1.2.1 -c -o bam_md.o bam_md.c
gcc -g -Wall -O2 -D_FILE_OFFSET_BITS=64 -D_LARGEFILE64_SOURCE -D_CURSES_LIB=1 -I. -Ihtslib-1.2.1 -c -o bam_reheader.o bam_reheader.c
bam_reheader.c: In function ‘bam_reheader’:
bam_reheader.c:36:19: warning: variable ‘old’ set but not used [-Wunused-but-set-variable]
     bam_header_t *old;
                   ^
gcc -g -Wall -O2 -D_FILE_OFFSET_BITS=64 -D_LARGEFILE64_SOURCE -D_CURSES_LIB=1 -I. -Ihtslib-1.2.1 -c -o bam_sort.o bam_sort.c
gcc -g -Wall -O2 -D_FILE_OFFSET_BITS=64 -D_LARGEFILE64_SOURCE -D_CURSES_LIB=1 -I. -Ihtslib-1.2.1 -c -o bedidx.o bedidx.c
gcc -g -Wall -O2 -D_FILE_OFFSET_BITS=64 -D_LARGEFILE64_SOURCE -D_CURSES_LIB=1 -I. -Ihtslib-1.2.1 -c -o kprobaln.o kprobaln.c
kprobaln.c: In function ‘kpa_glocal’:
kprobaln.c:78:21: warning: variable ‘is_diff’ set but not used [-Wunused-but-set-variable]
  int bw, bw2, i, k, is_diff = 0, is_backward = 1, Pr;
                     ^
gcc -g -Wall -O2 -D_FILE_OFFSET_BITS=64 -D_LARGEFILE64_SOURCE -D_CURSES_LIB=1 -I. -Ihtslib-1.2.1 -c -o bam_rmdup.o bam_rmdup.c
gcc -g -Wall -O2 -D_FILE_OFFSET_BITS=64 -D_LARGEFILE64_SOURCE -D_CURSES_LIB=1 -I. -Ihtslib-1.2.1 -c -o bam_rmdupse.o bam_rmdupse.c
gcc -g -Wall -O2 -D_FILE_OFFSET_BITS=64 -D_LARGEFILE64_SOURCE -D_CURSES_LIB=1 -I. -Ihtslib-1.2.1 -c -o bam_mate.o bam_mate.c
gcc -g -Wall -O2 -D_FILE_OFFSET_BITS=64 -D_LARGEFILE64_SOURCE -D_CURSES_LIB=1 -I. -Ihtslib-1.2.1 -c -o bam_stat.o bam_stat.c
gcc -g -Wall -O2 -D_FILE_OFFSET_BITS=64 -D_LARGEFILE64_SOURCE -D_CURSES_LIB=1 -I. -Ihtslib-1.2.1 -c -o bam_color.o bam_color.c
echo '#define SAMTOOLS_VERSION "1.2"' > version.h
gcc -g -Wall -O2 -D_FILE_OFFSET_BITS=64 -D_LARGEFILE64_SOURCE -D_CURSES_LIB=1 -I. -Ihtslib-1.2.1 -c -o bamtk.o bamtk.c
gcc -g -Wall -O2 -D_FILE_OFFSET_BITS=64 -D_LARGEFILE64_SOURCE -D_CURSES_LIB=1 -I. -Ihtslib-1.2.1 -c -o bam2bcf.o bam2bcf.c
gcc -g -Wall -O2 -D_FILE_OFFSET_BITS=64 -D_LARGEFILE64_SOURCE -D_CURSES_LIB=1 -I. -Ihtslib-1.2.1 -c -o bam2bcf_indel.o bam2bcf_indel.c
gcc -g -Wall -O2 -D_FILE_OFFSET_BITS=64 -D_LARGEFILE64_SOURCE -D_CURSES_LIB=1 -I. -Ihtslib-1.2.1 -c -o errmod.o errmod.c
gcc -g -Wall -O2 -D_FILE_OFFSET_BITS=64 -D_LARGEFILE64_SOURCE -D_CURSES_LIB=1 -I. -Ihtslib-1.2.1 -c -o sample.o sample.c
gcc -g -Wall -O2 -D_FILE_OFFSET_BITS=64 -D_LARGEFILE64_SOURCE -D_CURSES_LIB=1 -I. -Ihtslib-1.2.1 -c -o cut_target.o cut_target.c
gcc -g -Wall -O2 -D_FILE_OFFSET_BITS=64 -D_LARGEFILE64_SOURCE -D_CURSES_LIB=1 -I. -Ihtslib-1.2.1 -c -o phase.o phase.c
gcc -g -Wall -O2 -D_FILE_OFFSET_BITS=64 -D_LARGEFILE64_SOURCE -D_CURSES_LIB=1 -I. -Ihtslib-1.2.1 -c -o bam2depth.o bam2depth.c
gcc -g -Wall -O2 -D_FILE_OFFSET_BITS=64 -D_LARGEFILE64_SOURCE -D_CURSES_LIB=1 -I. -Ihtslib-1.2.1 -c -o padding.o padding.c
gcc -g -Wall -O2 -D_FILE_OFFSET_BITS=64 -D_LARGEFILE64_SOURCE -D_CURSES_LIB=1 -I. -Ihtslib-1.2.1 -c -o bedcov.o bedcov.c
gcc -g -Wall -O2 -D_FILE_OFFSET_BITS=64 -D_LARGEFILE64_SOURCE -D_CURSES_LIB=1 -I. -Ihtslib-1.2.1 -c -o bamshuf.o bamshuf.c
gcc -g -Wall -O2 -D_FILE_OFFSET_BITS=64 -D_LARGEFILE64_SOURCE -D_CURSES_LIB=1 -I. -Ihtslib-1.2.1 -c -o faidx.o faidx.c
gcc -g -Wall -O2 -D_FILE_OFFSET_BITS=64 -D_LARGEFILE64_SOURCE -D_CURSES_LIB=1 -I. -Ihtslib-1.2.1 -c -o stats.o stats.c
gcc -g -Wall -O2 -D_FILE_OFFSET_BITS=64 -D_LARGEFILE64_SOURCE -D_CURSES_LIB=1 -I. -Ihtslib-1.2.1 -c -o stats_isize.o stats_isize.c
gcc -g -Wall -O2 -D_FILE_OFFSET_BITS=64 -D_LARGEFILE64_SOURCE -D_CURSES_LIB=1 -I. -Ihtslib-1.2.1 -c -o bam_flags.o bam_flags.c
gcc -g -Wall -O2 -D_FILE_OFFSET_BITS=64 -D_LARGEFILE64_SOURCE -D_CURSES_LIB=1 -I. -Ihtslib-1.2.1 -c -o bam_split.o bam_split.c
gcc -g -Wall -O2 -D_FILE_OFFSET_BITS=64 -D_LARGEFILE64_SOURCE -D_CURSES_LIB=1 -I. -Ihtslib-1.2.1 -c -o bam_tview.o bam_tview.c
gcc -g -Wall -O2 -D_FILE_OFFSET_BITS=64 -D_LARGEFILE64_SOURCE -D_CURSES_LIB=1 -I. -Ihtslib-1.2.1 -c -o bam_tview_curses.o bam_tview_curses.c
bam_tview_curses.c:30:20: fatal error: curses.h: No such file or directory
 #include <curses.h>
                    ^
compilation terminated.
make: *** [bam_tview_curses.o] Error 1

I don't remember getting an error before, am I doing something wrong or is there another version I should use? Thanks .

[GenoMax]

Hint: As you install software on your (new?) machine look for errors in the log that say "no such file" etc. Those should point you in the direction of right google searches you need to do to find a solution ..

$ sudo apt-get update
$ sudo apt-get install ncurses-dev

[cmccabe]

Thank you . Yes this is a new computer with 64GB, a xeon processor, and two HDD (1 TB for storage and a 256GB for the OS). I am in the process of setting it up and will start using it very soon.