diff --git a/scripts/automator/packages/manager-apt b/scripts/automator/packages/manager-apt
index 6c136b28..4fa2f760 100644
--- a/scripts/automator/packages/manager-apt
+++ b/scripts/automator/packages/manager-apt
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 # Package repo: https://packages.ubuntu.com/
-packages+=(xvfb libtool build-essential libsdl1.2-dev libsdl-net1.2-dev libopusfile-dev)
+packages+=(xvfb libtool build-essential libsdl1.2-dev libsdl-net1.2-dev libncurses-dev libopusfile-dev)
diff --git a/scripts/automator/packages/manager-brew b/scripts/automator/packages/manager-brew
index 4c5173a8..892cab27 100644
--- a/scripts/automator/packages/manager-brew
+++ b/scripts/automator/packages/manager-brew
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 # Package repo: https://formulae.brew.sh/
 delim="@"
-packages+=(coreutils autogen autoconf automake make pkg-config libpng sdl sdl_net opusfile)
+packages+=(coreutils autogen autoconf automake make pkg-config libpng ncurses sdl sdl_net opusfile)
diff --git a/scripts/automator/packages/manager-defaults b/scripts/automator/packages/manager-defaults
index b18fa423..06084b97 100644
--- a/scripts/automator/packages/manager-defaults
+++ b/scripts/automator/packages/manager-defaults
@@ -7,5 +7,9 @@ compiler=""
 
 STEPS=(print)
 function print() {
-	echo "${PACKAGES[*]}" "${COMPILER}"
+	filtered=(${PACKAGES[@]})
+	for exclude in ${excludes[@]}; do
+		filtered=(${filtered[@]//*"${exclude}"*/})
+	done
+	echo "${filtered[*]}" "${COMPILER}"
 }
diff --git a/scripts/automator/packages/manager-dnf b/scripts/automator/packages/manager-dnf
index 442183fd..79f1d9ab 100644
--- a/scripts/automator/packages/manager-dnf
+++ b/scripts/automator/packages/manager-dnf
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 # Package repo: https://apps.fedoraproject.org/packages/
-packages+=(xvfb libtool SDL SDL_net-devel opusfile-devel)
+packages+=(xvfb libtool ncurses-devel SDL SDL_net-devel opusfile-devel)
diff --git a/scripts/automator/packages/manager-macports b/scripts/automator/packages/manager-macports
index fe0b99ad..826b1496 100644
--- a/scripts/automator/packages/manager-macports
+++ b/scripts/automator/packages/manager-macports
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 # Package repo: https://www.macports.org/ports.php?by=name
 delim=""
-packages+=(coreutils autogen autoconf automake pkgconfig libpng libsdl libsdl_net opusfile)
+packages+=(coreutils autogen autoconf automake pkgconfig libpng ncurses libsdl libsdl_net opusfile)
diff --git a/scripts/automator/packages/manager-msys2 b/scripts/automator/packages/manager-msys2
index d5646a7a..ddd00736 100644
--- a/scripts/automator/packages/manager-msys2
+++ b/scripts/automator/packages/manager-msys2
@@ -2,6 +2,6 @@
 # MSYS2 only supports the current latest releases of Clang and GCC, so we disable version customization
 packages+=(autogen autoconf base-devel automake-wrapper binutils)
 pkg_type=$([[ "${bits}" == "64" ]] && echo "x86_64" || echo "i686")
-for pkg in pkg-config libtool libpng zlib SDL SDL_net opusfile; do
+for pkg in pkg-config libtool libpng zlib ncurses SDL SDL_net opusfile; do
 	packages+=("mingw-w64-${pkg_type}-${pkg}")
 done
diff --git a/scripts/automator/packages/manager-pacman b/scripts/automator/packages/manager-pacman
index 7ae2cb85..54f7243f 100644
--- a/scripts/automator/packages/manager-pacman
+++ b/scripts/automator/packages/manager-pacman
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
 # Package repo: https://www.archlinux.org/packages/
 # Arch offers 32-bit versions of SDL (but not others)
-packages+=(xvfb libtool sdl_net opusfile)
+packages+=(xvfb libtool ncurses sdl_net opusfile)
 [[ "${bits}" == "32" ]] && packages+=(lib32-sdl) || packages+=(sdl)
diff --git a/scripts/automator/packages/manager-vcpkg b/scripts/automator/packages/manager-vcpkg
index 7cff149d..ffaa3108 100644
--- a/scripts/automator/packages/manager-vcpkg
+++ b/scripts/automator/packages/manager-vcpkg
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 # Package repo: https://repology.org/projects/?inrepo=vcpkg
-packages+=(libpng sdl1 sdl1-net opusfile)
+packages+=(libpng pdcurses sdl1 sdl1-net opusfile)
diff --git a/scripts/automator/packages/manager-zypper b/scripts/automator/packages/manager-zypper
index 44bcdbeb..80de6b13 100644
--- a/scripts/automator/packages/manager-zypper
+++ b/scripts/automator/packages/manager-zypper
@@ -3,8 +3,8 @@
 packages+=(devel_basis xvfb libtool opusfile)
 
 if [[ "${bits}" == "32" ]]; then
-	packages+=(libSDL-devel-32bit libSDL_net-devel-32bit)
+	packages+=(ncurses-devel-32bit libSDL-devel-32bit libSDL_net-devel-32bit)
 else
-	packages+=(SDL SDL_net)
+	packages+=(ncurses-devel SDL SDL_net)
 fi