How to Install and Uninstall libncurses-dev Package on Debian 10 (Buster)

Last updated: July 05,2024

1. Install "libncurses-dev" package

Please follow the instructions below to install libncurses-dev on Debian 10 (Buster)


    
        
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
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2. Uninstall "libncurses-dev" package

This guide covers the steps necessary to uninstall libncurses-dev on Debian 10 (Buster):


    
        
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the libncurses-dev package on Debian 10 (Buster)

Package: libncurses-dev
Source: ncurses
Version: 6.1+20181013-2+deb10u2
Installed-Size: 2247
Maintainer: Craig Small
Architecture: amd64
Replaces: libncurses5-dev (<< 6.1+20180210), libncursesw5-dev (<< 6.1+20180210), libtinfo-dev (<< 6.1+20180210), ncurses-bin (<< 6.0+20151017), ncurses-dev
Provides: libncurses5-dev, libncursesw5-dev, libtinfo-dev, ncurses-dev
Depends: libtinfo6 (= 6.1+20181013-2+deb10u2), libncurses6 (= 6.1+20181013-2+deb10u2), libncursesw6 (= 6.1+20181013-2+deb10u2), libc6-dev | libc-dev, ncurses-bin (>= 6.0+20151017)
Suggests: ncurses-doc
Conflicts: ncurses-dev
Breaks: libncurses5-dev (<< 6.1+20180210), libncursesw5-dev (<< 6.1+20180210), libtinfo-dev (<< 6.1+20180210)
Description: developer's libraries for ncurses
Description-md5: 38da502b304ea3ed5ff1e12d072d14a8
Multi-Arch: same
Homepage: https://invisible-island.net/ncurses/
Tag: devel::library, role::devel-lib
Section: libdevel
Priority: optional
Filename: pool/main/n/ncurses/libncurses-dev_6.1+20181013-2+deb10u2_amd64.deb
Size: 333152
MD5sum: beb089e8b3210356984c17e1594ca84a
SHA256: 1d11ee570849752969ac8586546a67804322ea9ff009dfa087d58998891e6ab3