samtools error with ncurses

[daler]

In the bioconda/bioconda-builder container, samtools works fine and therefore the build passes. But on Ubuntu 14.04, I get a libncurses error:

$ conda create -n samtools-test -c bioconda samtools
$ source activate samtools-test
$ samtools
samtools: symbol lookup error: /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libncurses.so.5: undefined symbol: _nc_putchar

Looking at the other available versions, I see that in v1.1 the build.sh fixes some stuff with ncurses. But I get the same problem with v1.1:

$ conda create -n samtools-test-1.1 -c bioconda "samtools==1.1"
$ source activate samtools-test-1.1
$ samtools
samtools: symbol lookup error: /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libncurses.so.5: undefined symbol: _nc_putchar

I'm not sure how to fix this, mostly because I'm unfamiliar with C and how libs are handled. Any ideas?

[daler]

Never mind, found #246. Using

conda install -n samtools-test -c r ncurses

fixed this. Definitely not obvious, but I don't see an obvious fix either.

[johanneskoester]

The correct fix would be my PR. In the meantime, we can assume that people have the R channel active as well (it is mentioned on the Bioconda homepage that this is a requirement).

[daler]

Ah, didn't see that PR. And I missed that addition to the docs -- I will re-read them now!