ncurses detection fails on ubuntu-22 / ubuntu-24

[rkabrick]

New Issue for sst-core

1 - Detailed description of problem or enhancement When trying to build sst-core on ubuntu (with ncurses installed via apt-get) the configure script fails to locate ncurses even with --with-curses option specified.

2 - Describe how to reproduce the issue On a fresh install of ubuntu do:

sudo apt install openmpi-bin openmpi-common libtool libtool-bin autoconf python3 python3-dev automake build-essential git libncurses-dev

3 - What Operating system(s) and versions

• Ubuntu 22
• Ubuntu 24

4 - What versions of external libraries (MPI, etc.) Tried with libncurses-dev, libncurses6, libncurses5, libncursesw5, libncursesw6

5 - Provide sha1 of all relevant SST repositories (sst-core, sst-elements, etc)

tags/v14.0.0_Final: 0693c06895c9b2be64232a9cd4d17795c0a5ad50