How to Install and Uninstall libncurses5 Package on Debian 10 (Buster)

Last updated: February 24,2025

1. Install "libncurses5" package

Learn how to install libncurses5 on Debian 10 (Buster)


    
        
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                sudo apt update
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
                libncurses5
            
                    
    
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2. Uninstall "libncurses5" package

Please follow the guidelines below to uninstall libncurses5 on Debian 10 (Buster):


    
        
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                sudo apt remove
            
                        
                libncurses5
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the libncurses5 package on Debian 10 (Buster)

Package: libncurses5
Source: ncurses
Version: 6.1+20181013-2+deb10u2
Installed-Size: 311
Maintainer: Craig Small
Architecture: amd64
Depends: libtinfo5 (= 6.1+20181013-2+deb10u2), libc6 (>= 2.14)
Recommends: libgpm2
Description: shared libraries for terminal handling (legacy version)
Description-md5: d2741d94112e4fab829e84113efab968
Multi-Arch: same
Homepage: https://invisible-island.net/ncurses/
Tag: role::shared-lib
Section: libs
Priority: optional
Filename: pool/main/n/ncurses/libncurses5_6.1+20181013-2+deb10u2_amd64.deb
Size: 96188
MD5sum: 51ac6722b34607dc0135f9726a757a92
SHA256: 2bea6e3579991f70c47401a5d70e131b83c34c4c6eee4af478e9232042b1d288