--- file_not_specified_in_diff	
+++ file_not_specified_in_diff	
@@ -, +, @@ 
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -214,9 +214,9 @@ 
     AC_SUBST(LOSC_CFLAGS)
 
     dnl curses
-    AC_CHECK_LIB(ncurses,initscr,have_ncurses=yes,[AC_MSG_WARN([******** you don't have the ncurses library correctly installed])])
+	PKG_CHECK_MODULES([NCURSES], [ncurses],[have_ncurses=yes],
+    AC_CHECK_LIB(ncurses,initscr,[have_ncurses=yes; NCURSES_LIBS=-lncurses],[AC_MSG_WARN([******** you don't have the ncurses library correctly installed])]))
 
-    NCURSES_LIBS=-lncurses
     AC_SUBST(NCURSES_LIBS)
 
     dnl sigc++