Missing libncurses and libpanel on Archlinux

[Green-Avocado]

When enabling the debugger on the latest version of archlinux, I get this error:

Plugin module '/home/user/binaryninja/plugins/libdebuggercore.so' failed to load
dlerror() reports: libncurses.so.6: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory
Loaded native plugin arch_arm64
Loaded native plugin arch_armv7
Unable to initialize Python API. Select a valid Python Interpreter in Settings.
Native plugin pythonplugin failed to load
Plugin module '/home/user/binaryninja/plugins/libdebuggerui.so' failed to load
dlerror() reports: libdebuggercore.so.1: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory
No scripting providers loaded. Plugins can not be installed.
No scripting providers loaded. Plugins can not be installed.
No scripting providers loaded. Plugins can not be installed.
No scripting providers loaded. Plugins can not be installed.
No scripting providers loaded. Plugins can not be installed.

The Python API and plugins also fail to load when the debugger is enabled.

The ncurses package for archlinux includes these files:

usr/lib/libncurses++.so
usr/lib/libncurses++w.so
usr/lib/libncurses++w.so.6
usr/lib/libncurses++w.so.6.3
usr/lib/libncurses++w_g.a
usr/lib/libncurses.so
usr/lib/libncursesw.so
usr/lib/libncursesw.so.6
usr/lib/libncursesw.so.6.3
usr/lib/libncursesw_g.a

but not libncurses.so.6

Running ldd on the binaries, libpanel.so.6 seems to be in a similar situation, as archlinux only has these:

usr/lib/libpanel.so
usr/lib/libpanelw.so
usr/lib/libpanelw.so.6
usr/lib/libpanelw.so.6.3
usr/lib/libpanelw_g.a

[xusheng6]

We should bundle the libncurses.so.6 in the BN distribution or statically link with it

[nshp]

Temporary workaround: Build and install this modified version of AUR ncurses5-compat-libs to provide the right libraries:

# Maintainer:  Bartłomiej Piotrowski <bpiotrowski@archlinux.org>
# Maintainer: Mateusz Gozdek <mgozdekof@gmail.com>
# Contributor: Allan McRae <allan@archlinux.org>
# Contributor: judd <jvinet@zeroflux.org>

pkgname=ncurses-binja-compat
_pkgname=ncurses
pkgver=6.3
pkgrel=1
pkgdesc='System V Release 4.0 curses emulation library, ABI 6, Binja compatible'
arch=(i686 x86_64)
url='http://invisible-island.net/ncurses/ncurses.html'
license=(MIT)
depends=(glibc gcc-libs sh)
provides=(libtinfo5)
conflicts=(libtinfo5 ncurses5-compat-libs)
source=(https://ftp.gnu.org/pub/gnu/ncurses/ncurses-$pkgver.tar.gz{,.sig})
sha256sums=('97fc51ac2b085d4cde31ef4d2c3122c21abc217e9090a43a30fc5ec21684e059'
            'SKIP')
validpgpkeys=('19882D92DDA4C400C22C0D56CC2AF4472167BE03')  # Thomas Dickey

build() {
  cd ${_pkgname}-${pkgver}

  ./configure \
    --prefix=/usr \
    --mandir=/usr/share/man \
    --with-shared \
    --with-normal \
    --without-debug \
    --without-ada \
    --disable-widec \
    --disable-pc-files \
    --with-cxx-binding \
    --with-cxx-shared \
    --with-versioned-syms \
    --with-abi-version=6
  make
}

package() {
  cd ${_pkgname}-${pkgver}
  make DESTDIR="$pkgdir" install.libs
  install -Dm644 COPYING "$pkgdir/usr/share/licenses/$pkgname/LICENSE"
  rm -rf "$pkgdir/usr/include/" "$pkgdir/usr/lib/pkgconfig" \
    "$pkgdir"/usr/lib/*.so "$pkgdir"/usr/lib/*.a

  for lib in ncurses ncurses++ form panel menu; do
    ln -s /usr/lib/lib${lib}w.so.6 "$pkgdir/usr/lib/lib${lib}.so.5"
  done
  ln -s /usr/lib/libncurses.so.6 "$pkgdir/usr/lib/libtinfo.so.5"
  ln -s /usr/lib/libncurses.so.6 "$pkgdir/usr/lib/libtic.so.5"
}

[Green-Avocado]

Thanks @nshp, I modified the PKGBUILD to be a bit more minimal, both worked great though.

# Maintainer: Bartłomiej Piotrowski <bpiotrowski@archlinux.org>
# Maintainer: Mateusz Gozdek <mgozdekof@gmail.com>
# Contributor: Allan McRae <allan@archlinux.org>
# Contributor: judd <jvinet@zeroflux.org>
# Contributor: Nick Shipp <git@segbrk.com>
# Contributor: Green-Avocado <greenavocado@protonmail.com>

pkgname=ncurses-binja-compat
_pkgname=ncurses
pkgver=6.3
pkgrel=1
pkgdesc='System V Release 4.0 curses emulation library, ABI 6, Binja compatible'
arch=(x86_64)
url='http://invisible-island.net/ncurses/ncurses.html'
license=(MIT)
depends=(glibc gcc-libs sh)
source=(https://ftp.gnu.org/pub/gnu/ncurses/ncurses-$pkgver.tar.gz{,.sig})
sha256sums=('97fc51ac2b085d4cde31ef4d2c3122c21abc217e9090a43a30fc5ec21684e059' 'SKIP')
validpgpkeys=('19882D92DDA4C400C22C0D56CC2AF4472167BE03') # Thomas Dickey

build() {
    cd ${_pkgname}-${pkgver}

    ./configure \
        --prefix=/usr \
        --mandir=/usr/share/man \
        --with-shared \
        --without-normal \
        --without-debug \
        --without-ada \
        --disable-widec \
        --disable-pc-files \
        --with-cxx-binding \
        --with-cxx-shared \
        --with-versioned-syms \
        --with-abi-version=6

    make
}

package() {
    cd ${_pkgname}-${pkgver}

    make DESTDIR="$pkgdir" install.libs
    install -Dm644 COPYING "$pkgdir/usr/share/licenses/$pkgname/LICENSE"

    rm -rf \
        "$pkgdir/usr/include/" \
        "$pkgdir"/usr/lib/*.so
}

[lilithium-hydride]

The posted PKGBUILD gets rid of the missing object file errors, but leaves me with a new one. Here's the full log:

Plugin module '/opt/binaryninja/plugins/libdebuggercore.so' failed to load
dlerror() reports: /usr/lib/libpanel.so.6: version `NCURSES6_5.0.19991023' not found (required by /opt/binaryninja/plugins/lldb/lib/liblldb.so.14)
Loaded native plugin arch_arm64
Loaded native plugin arch_armv7
Loaded native plugin arch_mips
Loaded native plugin arch_ppc
Loaded native plugin arch_x86
Loaded native plugin cryptoplugin
Loaded native plugin platform_decree
Loaded native plugin platform_freebsd
Loaded native plugin platform_linux
Loaded native plugin platform_mac
Loaded native plugin platform_windows
Loaded native plugin loadpdb
Unable to initialize Python API. Select a valid Python Interpreter in Settings.
Native plugin pythonplugin failed to load
Plugin module '/opt/binaryninja/plugins/libdebuggerui.so' failed to load
dlerror() reports: libdebuggercore.so.1: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory
Loaded UI plugin triage

Everything on my system is fully up-to-date. Is there any progress on the necessary dependencies getting shipped with BN?

[Green-Avocado]

@lilithium-hydride It looks like in your case, it now finds the library, but the library does not have the correct version. The PKGBUILD was make for version 6.3, but it seems to ask for 6.5 in your log. Try updating the PKGBUILD to the latest version.

The libdebuggerui.so error should go away when the others are solved I think.

[lilithium-hydride]

@Green-Avocado According to https://ftp.gnu.org/pub/gnu/ncurses/, version 6.3 is the latest. This lines up with everything else I'm reading online. Have I missed something?

[Green-Avocado]

@lilithium-hydride Oh my bad, in that case I don't know what it might be, sorry.

[lilithium-hydride]

After a frustrating couple of hours, I managed to get it working. For anybody who stumbles across this in the future, it's complaining that BN's bundled version of liblldb.so.14 wants ncurses 5.0, patch 19991023, from all the way back in 1999. Building v6.3 for ABI 5 doesn't matter if the code itself is the wrong patch level. Simply overwriting the bundled LLDB with the one already on my system (which is the same version but lacks the requirement for ncurses 5.0.19991023) makes everything work. I have ncurses, ncurses5-compat-libs, and ncurses-binja-compat installed.