brew install -v ncmpcpp

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$ brew install -v ncmpcpp
==> Downloading http://ncmpcpp.rybczak.net/stable/ncmpcpp-0.5.10.tar.bz2
Already downloaded: /Library/Caches/Homebrew/ncmpcpp-0.5.10.tar.bz2
tar xf /Library/Caches/Homebrew/ncmpcpp-0.5.10.tar.bz2
==> ./configure --disable-dependency-tracking --prefix=/usr/local/Cellar/ncmpcpp/0.5.10 --with-taglib --with-curl --enable-unicode
./configure --disable-dependency-tracking --prefix=/usr/local/Cellar/ncmpcpp/0.5.10 --with-taglib --with-curl --enable-unicode
checking for a BSD-compatible install... /usr/bin/install -c
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configure: error: missing curses.h header
==> Configuration
HOMEBREW_VERSION: 0.9.5
HEAD: 046b147a97e88cbb39998f8531fa29c82d0e192c
CPU: quad-core 64-bit ivybridge
OS X: 10.8.4-x86_64
Xcode: 5.0
CLT: 5.0.0.0.1.1377666378
X11: 2.7.4 => /opt/X11
==> ENV
HOMEBREW_CC: gcc-4.2
LDFLAGS: -liconv
MAKEFLAGS: -j4
CMAKE_PREFIX_PATH: /usr/local
CMAKE_INCLUDE_PATH: /usr/include/libxml2:/System/Library/Frameworks/OpenGL.framework/Versions/Current/Headers
CMAKE_LIBRARY_PATH: /System/Library/Frameworks/OpenGL.framework/Versions/Current/Libraries
PKG_CONFIG_PATH: /usr/local/opt/taglib/lib/pkgconfig:/usr/local/opt/libmpdclient/lib/pkgconfig
PKG_CONFIG_LIBDIR: /usr/lib/pkgconfig:/usr/local/Library/ENV/pkgconfig/10.8
ACLOCAL_PATH: /usr/local/share/aclocal
OBJC: cc
PATH: /usr/local/Library/ENV/4.3:/usr/local/opt/pkg-config/bin:/usr/local/opt/taglib/bin:/usr/bin:/bin:/usr/sbin:/sbin

Error: ncmpcpp did not build
Logs:       /Users/kneufeld/Library/Logs/Homebrew/ncmpcpp/config.log

These open issues may also help:
    https://github.com/mxcl/homebrew/issues/23278