adb: error while loading shared libraries: libncurses.so.5: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory

Issue

I'm having some trouble running a Phonegap imported project on my laptop with Debian. I have already installed Eclipse and the plug-in for Android and everything seems to work fine until here. I have added this line to my .bashrc file:

   export PATH=${PATH}:/home/s/android-sdks/platform-tools/

I choose new Android project from existing file, in Eclipse, and then I load the code of the project. But when I try to execute it, I get this error message:

[2013-06-13 18:12:16 - MyProject] Android Launch!
[2013-06-13 18:12:16 - MyProject] The connection to adb is down, and a severe error has occured.
[2013-06-13 18:12:16 - MyProject] You must restart adb and Eclipse.
[2013-06-13 18:12:16 - MyProject] Please ensure that adb is correctly located at '/home/s/android-sdks/platform-tools/adb' and can be executed.

If I try to execute the command: adb server-start in the terminal, I get this message:

adb: error while loading shared libraries: libncurses.so.5: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory

Did I miss something? ADB is right, I do not have the file libncurses.so.5 anywhere on my computer even though I have already installed all the 32-bit compatible libraries (my machine is 64-bit).

Solution

You need the 32bits version of ncurses package,

sudo apt-get install lib32ncurses5

Answered By - David Parsons