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<p>problem with writeC</p> <p><b>New page</b></p><div>start this &lt;code&gt;shell.nix&lt;/code&gt;<br /> <br /> &lt;pre&gt;{ pkgs ? import &amp;lt;nixpkgs&amp;gt; { } }:<br /> pkgs.mkShell {<br /> buildInputs = with pkgs;<br /> [<br /> (pkgs.writers.writeC &amp;quot;hello-world-ncurses&amp;quot; {<br /> libraries = [ pkgs.ncurses ];<br /> } &#039;&#039;<br /> #include &amp;lt;ncurses.h&amp;gt;<br /> int main() {<br /> initscr();<br /> printw(&amp;quot;Hello World !!!&amp;quot;);<br /> refresh(); endwin();<br /> return 0;<br /> }<br /> &#039;&#039;)<br /> ];<br /> }&lt;/pre&gt;<br /> I get the error :<br /> <br /> &lt;pre&gt;/nix/store/3g2pkmc1s9ycjaxaqc5hrzmq05r5ywbi-stdenv-linux/setup: line 1293: find: command not found<br /> Must specify package names on the command line<br /> /build/.attr-0:1:10: fatal error: ncurses.h: No such file or directory<br /> #include &amp;lt;ncurses.h&amp;gt;<br /> ^~~~~~~~~~~<br /> compilation terminated.<br /> builder for &#039;/nix/store/n9lj0aw48rwrp8sqc6b3cl2vivd2w59m-hello-world-ncurses.drv&#039; failed with exit code 1<br /> error: build of &#039;/nix/store/n9lj0aw48rwrp8sqc6b3cl2vivd2w59m-hello-world-ncurses.drv&#039; failed&lt;/pre&gt;</div>

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