# Libncurses6 problem -\> prefix every function

**URL:** <https://forums.suse.com/t/libncurses6-problem-prefix-every-function/42570>\
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**Created:** [February 15, 2024, 2:40pm UTC](https://forums.suse.com/t/libncurses6-problem-prefix-every-function/42570 "2024-02-15T14:40:34Z")\
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**Author:** ![OscarEcho](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/e47774/32.png) [@OscarEcho](https://forums.suse.com/u/OscarEcho)\
**Post date:** [February 15, 2024, 2:40pm UTC](https://forums.suse.com/t/libncurses6-problem-prefix-every-function/42570/1 "2024-02-15T14:40:34Z")

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Hi,

I must port and package our software for several Linux distributions → 1 package for every Linux distribution.

But we discovered that for the library libncurses6 Suse has prefixed every function. It means that Suse doesn’t respect the standard somewhere.

Therefore, our software is no longer compatible with Suse 15.

Does anybody know why this happened?

And how do we come back to the standard libncurses6 libraries?

Thank you!

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**Author:** ![malcolmlewis1](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex022/user_avatar/forums.suse.com/malcolmlewis1/32/10022_2.png) [@malcolmlewis1](https://forums.suse.com/u/malcolmlewis1)\
**Post date:** [February 15, 2024, 3:47pm UTC](https://forums.suse.com/t/libncurses6-problem-prefix-every-function/42570/2 "2024-02-15T15:47:38Z")

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@OscarEcho How do you mean, perhaps a short example? Did you peruse the README.devel for ncurses development?