Install ncurses for php on Debian

Check for installation

Check for ncurses with:

 php -m | grep -i curs

If you get "ncurses" you are done.

Install

install files

Otherwise you need

• php5-dev for phpize
• libncursesw5-dev for wide char support
• php-pear for pecl

apt-get install php5-dev libncursesw5-dev php-pear

Ncurses for php is a pecl lib:

pecl install ncurses

update php.ini

Make ncurses lib known to php, search for "Dynamic Extensions":

#/etc/php5/cli/php.ini
extension=ncurses.so

Reload the ini

/etc/init.d/apache reload

test

try ncurses with a minimal program:

<?php
ncurses_init();
ncurses_end();

If you get no error, you are done.