[BUG] mojo build failed because ld cannot find -lz -ltinfo

[autoarcher]

Bug description

Just Following the Get Started Doc of Mojo, failed in the step 4 Build an executable binary.

Steps to reproduce

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  (hello) xxx@coding:~/mojo_exp/hello$ mojo build hello.mojo
  /usr/bin/ld: cannot find -lz: No such file or directory
  /usr/bin/ld: cannot find -ltinfo: No such file or directory
  collect2: error: ld returned 1 exit status
  mojo: error: failed to link executable
  

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• If using the Playground, name the pre-existing notebook that failed and the steps that led to failure.
• Include anything else that might help us debug the issue. I try to set LD_LIBRARY_PATH to the project .magic lib path, like .magic/envs/default/lib, because the missing so files are there, but it didn't help.

System information

- What OS did you do install Mojo on ?
Operating System: Ubuntu 22.04.5 LTS
          Kernel: Linux 5.15.0-122-generic
    Architecture: x86-64
- Provide version information for Mojo by pasting the output of `mojo -v`
mojo 24.5.0 (e8aacb95)
- Provide Modular CLI version by pasting the output of `modular -v`
magic 0.3.0
- ld version
2.38

[Moosems]

I got that issue as well. I run sudo apt-get install -y gcc g++ zlib1g-dev libtinfo-dev to install the dependencies that it has

[autoarcher]

I got that issue as well. I run sudo apt-get install -y gcc g++ zlib1g-dev libtinfo-dev to install the dependencies that it has

It worked. Thank you.

[Ivo-Balbaert]

I had the some problem starting from a brand-new Ubuntu 24 machine. The comment by @mackauto solved it, thanks!

[ccavazos]

Same here, was following the same guide and got the same issue.

It was fixed by installing the missing packages.

I’m on Ubuntu 22.04.5 LTS

[MrGibus]

on fedora you need to dnf install ncurses-devel to get this library.