[ale] help with lib

[ringo]

Using SUSE 9.2

I'm trying to compile a c program that uses the curses lib, but I get
the error "Cannot find -lcurses"
I went to Yast and searched for "curse" and installed everything
related, including:
Cdk	the runtime for the curses devel kit
Ncurses New curses lib
Ncurses devel
Yast2-ncurses

I also get the error "canot find ltermcap"
But a search with yast shows the termcap lib installed.
What else am I missing?
Ringo