[bug-gtypist] gtypist-2.9.5 issues compiling on OSX - ./configure fails when checking for ncursesw/ncurses.h

[Javier Jarava]

Hi!

I'm trying to get gtypist to compile on OSX (without using the Homebrew 
package), and I'm getting an error when trying to do so.

./configure fails with an error:

checking ncursesw/ncurses.h usability... no
checking ncursesw/ncurses.h presence... no
checking for ncursesw/ncurses.h... no
checking for add_wch in -lncursesw... no
-e Error:  both library and header files for the ncursesw library
 are required to build this package.  See INSTALL file for further information. 
On Debian/Ubuntu you need to install libncursesw5-dev.

But checking around on internet, I see that OSX's native curses library has 
wide char support, etc - so I'm wondering why the dependency on ncurses
(see https://github.com/hishamhm/htop/issues/301)

Is there any workaround other than getting ncurses running?

Thanks!

Regards,

--      Javier