diff -uprk.orig apt-0.5.15cnc5.orig/cmdline/Makefile.am apt-0.5.15cnc5/cmdline/Makefile.am
--- apt-0.5.15cnc5.orig/cmdline/Makefile.am	2003-12-23 23:31:00 +0300
+++ apt-0.5.15cnc5/cmdline/Makefile.am	2004-01-16 15:10:00 +0300
@@ -12,6 +12,6 @@ LDADD = ../apt-pkg/libapt-pkg.la $(RPMLI
 apt_cache_SOURCES = apt-cache.cc
 apt_get_SOURCES = apt-get.cc acqprogress.cc acqprogress.h
 apt_shell_SOURCES = apt-shell.cc acqprogress.cc acqprogress.h
-apt_shell_LDADD = $(LDADD) -lreadline -lncurses
+apt_shell_LDADD = $(LDADD) -lreadline -ltinfo
 apt_config_SOURCES = apt-config.cc
 apt_cdrom_SOURCES = apt-cdrom.cc rpmindexcopy.cc rpmindexcopy.h
diff -uprk.orig apt-0.5.15cnc5.orig/cmdline/Makefile.in apt-0.5.15cnc5/cmdline/Makefile.in
--- apt-0.5.15cnc5.orig/cmdline/Makefile.in	2003-12-23 23:30:26 +0300
+++ apt-0.5.15cnc5/cmdline/Makefile.in	2004-01-16 15:10:00 +0300
@@ -181,7 +181,7 @@ LDADD = ../apt-pkg/libapt-pkg.la $(RPMLI
 apt_cache_SOURCES = apt-cache.cc
 apt_get_SOURCES = apt-get.cc acqprogress.cc acqprogress.h
 apt_shell_SOURCES = apt-shell.cc acqprogress.cc acqprogress.h
-apt_shell_LDADD = $(LDADD) -lreadline -lncurses
+apt_shell_LDADD = $(LDADD) -lreadline -ltinfo
 apt_config_SOURCES = apt-config.cc
 apt_cdrom_SOURCES = apt-cdrom.cc rpmindexcopy.cc rpmindexcopy.h
 subdir = cmdline
diff -uprk.orig apt-0.5.15cnc5.orig/configure.in apt-0.5.15cnc5/configure.in
--- apt-0.5.15cnc5.orig/configure.in	2003-12-23 23:15:40 +0300
+++ apt-0.5.15cnc5/configure.in	2004-01-16 15:10:00 +0300
@@ -121,10 +121,10 @@ fi
 AM_CONDITIONAL(WITH_LUA, test "$enable_scripts" != "no")
 
 dnl Check for apt-shell dependencies
-AC_CHECK_LIB(ncurses,tputs,
+AC_CHECK_LIB(tinfo,tputs,
   [AC_CHECK_HEADER(readline/readline.h,
      [AC_CHECK_LIB(readline,rl_completion_matches,
-        [compile_aptshell=yes],,[-lncurses])])])
+        [compile_aptshell=yes],,[-ltinfo])])])
 AM_CONDITIONAL(COMPILE_APTSHELL, test "$compile_aptshell" = "yes")
 
 dnl Converts the ARCH to be something singular for this general CPU family