"Could NOT find Curses" error when installing MySQL from source

I am installing MySQL Server from the source distribution which I downloaded from:


http://dev.mysql.com/downloads/mysql/#downloads.

I have downloaded the file (mysql-5.5.19.tar.gz).

I am using Debian/Ubuntu Machine. I am following the instructions as given in MySQL Documentation.

After issuing cmake . at the shell I am getting the following error:

-- MySQL 5.5.19
-- Could NOT find Curses  (missing:  CURSES_LIBRARY CURSES_INCLUDE_PATH)
CMake Error at cmake/readline.cmake:83 (MESSAGE):
  Curses library not found.  Please install appropriate package,

      remove CMakeCache.txt and rerun cmake.On Debian/Ubuntu, package name is libncurses5-dev, on Redhat and derivates it is ncurses-devel.
Call Stack (most recent call first):
  cmake/readline.cmake:127 (FIND_CURSES)
  cmake/readline.cmake:217 (MYSQL_USE_BUNDLED_LIBEDIT)
  CMakeLists.txt:257 (MYSQL_CHECK_READLINE)

-- Configuring incomplete, errors occurred!

Why am I getting this error?

The clue is in the error message (which I also encountered today):

• install the correct Curses library. If you're on Debian/Ubuntu then install libncurses5-dev ( use sudo apt-get install libncurses5-dev )

• then remove CMakeCache.txt and rerun cmake. i.e. just do rm -f CMakeCache.txt.

• Re-run cmake .

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