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start this <code>shell.nix</code>

<pre>{ pkgs ? import &lt;nixpkgs&gt; { } }:
pkgs.mkShell {
  buildInputs = with pkgs;
    [
      (pkgs.writers.writeC &quot;hello-world-ncurses&quot; {
        libraries = [ pkgs.ncurses ];
      } ''
        #include &lt;ncurses.h&gt;
        int main() {
          initscr();
          printw(&quot;Hello World !!!&quot;);
          refresh(); endwin();
          return 0;
        }
      '')
    ];
}</pre>
I get the error :

<pre>/nix/store/3g2pkmc1s9ycjaxaqc5hrzmq05r5ywbi-stdenv-linux/setup: line 1293: find: command not found
Must specify package names on the command line
/build/.attr-0:1:10: fatal error: ncurses.h: No such file or directory
 #include &lt;ncurses.h&gt;
          ^~~~~~~~~~~
compilation terminated.
builder for '/nix/store/n9lj0aw48rwrp8sqc6b3cl2vivd2w59m-hello-world-ncurses.drv' failed with exit code 1
error: build of '/nix/store/n9lj0aw48rwrp8sqc6b3cl2vivd2w59m-hello-world-ncurses.drv' failed</pre>