--- /dev/null
+# ncurses
+
+NCURSES_VERSION := 5.9
+NCURSES_URL := $(GNU)/ncurses/ncurses-$(NCURSES_VERSION).tar.gz
+
+PKGS += ncurses
+
+ifeq ($(call need_pkg,"ncursesw"),)
+PKGS_FOUND += ncurses
+endif
+
+$(TARBALLS)/ncurses-$(NCURSES_VERSION).tar.gz:
+ $(call download,$(NCURSES_URL))
+
+.sum-ncurses: ncurses-$(NCURSES_VERSION).tar.gz
+
+ncurses: ncurses-$(NCURSES_VERSION).tar.gz .sum-ncurses
+ $(UNPACK)
+ $(MOVE)
+
+.ncurses: ncurses
+ cd $< && $(HOSTVARS) ./configure $(HOSTCONF) --without-debug --enable-widec --without-develop --without-shared --with-terminfo-dirs=/usr/share/terminfo
+ cd $</ncurses && make && make install
+ cd $</include && make && make install
+ touch $@