(n)curses.h help

[Dy7SLyTq]

I am trying to write a program with either curses or ncurses, but ive tried using both and the terminal says it cant find either of them. i am using ubuntu 12.10

[ne555]

# apt-get install ncurses

[Dy7SLyTq]

didnt work

[ne555]

error message

[Dy7SLyTq]

E: Package 'ncurses' has no installation candidate

[Dy7SLyTq]

never mind i got it