v8 build libtinfo.so library issue on Fedora 24

Problem Description

v8 build on Linux i.e., fedora is as simple procedure as depicted in our previous v8 build on linux article. However, clang++ redistributable that comes with v8 project depends on libtinfo.so.5 (confirmed Sept 2) So when clang++ command is called by v8 build system it hits following error,

error clang++: error while loading shared libraries: libtinfo.so.5: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory

This github gist contains detailed error.

Solution

Using fedora’s dnf package management system command we can find what can provide us this shared object on fedora,

$ dnf provides */libtinfo.so.5
Fedora 24 - x86_64 - Updates                       2.0 MB/s |  13 MB     00:06
Fedora 24-x86_64                                   2.9 MB/s |  47 MB     00:16
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ncurses-compat-libs-6.0-6.20160709.fc24.i686 : Ncurses compatibility libraries
Repo        : updates

ncurses-compat-libs-6.0-6.20160709.fc24.x86_64 : Ncurses compatibility libraries
Repo        : updates

ncurses-compat-libs-6.0-5.20160116.fc24.i686 : Ncurses compatibility libraries
Repo        : fedora

ncurses-compat-libs-6.0-5.20160116.fc24.x86_64 : Ncurses compatibility libraries
Repo        : fedora

We found the package ncurses-compat-libs which provides this we apply following to install,

$ sudo dnf -y install ncurses-compat-libs

Then, we build v8 again and now everything goes cool just like before!