NetWorker: Unable to install NetWorker on RHEL9 missing library libncursesw.so.5

Summary: NetWorker 19.7 supports RHEL 9. NetWorker 19.7 is not able to install on RHEL 9 because missing libncursesw.so.5

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Symptoms

NetWorker is not able to install on RHEL 9 because missing libncursesw.so.5 
# rpm -Uvh lgtoclnt-19.7-1.x86_64.rpm
error: Failed dependencies:        libncursesw.so.5()(64bit) is needed by lgtoclnt-19.7-1.x86_64

Cause

This issue has been raised to NetWorker engineering.

Resolution

Fix is planned to be in 19.8. 

Workaround: 
Install ncurses.rpms library package provided in NWREE-24299 on RHEL 9 before installing NetWorker. 
Article Properties
Article Number: 000204499
Article Type: Solution
Last Modified: 24 Mar 2023
Version:  4
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