help installing

[ukdomainers]

hi am running centos 8 stream
ive installed plotman but when i go to
plotman config generate

Traceback (most recent call last):
File "/home/ukdomain/chia-blockchain/venv/bin/plotman", line 5, in
from plotman.plotman import main
File "/home/ukdomain/chia-blockchain/venv/lib/python3.7/site-packages/plotman/plotman.py", line 10, in
from plotman import analyzer, archive, configuration, interactive, manager, plot_util, reporting
File "/home/ukdomain/chia-blockchain/venv/lib/python3.7/site-packages/plotman/interactive.py", line 1, in
import curses
File "/usr/local/lib/python3.7/curses/init.py", line 13, in
from _curses import *
ModuleNotFoundError: No module named '_curses'
(venv) [ukdomain@server chia-blockchain-gui]$

tried for hours looking over the web
any help would be appriceated