diff --git a/chapter06/ncurses-inst.xml b/chapter06/ncurses-inst.xml
index 7d5570dc2..95f98615a 100644
--- a/chapter06/ncurses-inst.xml
+++ b/chapter06/ncurses-inst.xml
@@ -6,15 +6,13 @@ Install Ncurses by running the following commands:
 </para>
 
 <blockquote><literallayout>
-	<userinput>patch -Np1 -i ../ncurses-&ncurses-version;.patch
+	<userinput>patch -Np1 -F10 -i ../ncurses-&ncurses-version;.patch
 		&amp;&amp;</userinput>
 	<userinput>./configure --prefix=/usr --libdir=/lib \</userinput>
 	<userinput>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;--with-shared 
 		--disable-termcap &amp;&amp;</userinput>
 	<userinput>make &amp;&amp;</userinput>
-	<userinput>make install &amp;&amp;</userinput>
-	<userinput>cd /lib &amp;&amp;</userinput>
-	<userinput>ln -s libncurses.a libcurses.a</userinput>
+	<userinput>make install</userinput>
 </literallayout></blockquote>
 
 </sect2>