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

Last updated: May 05,2024

1. Install "libncurses5-dev" package

Please follow the step by step instructions below to install libncurses5-dev on Debian 10 (Buster)


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

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


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

Package: libncurses5-dev
Source: ncurses
Version: 6.1+20181013-2+deb10u2
Installed-Size: 6
Maintainer: Craig Small
Architecture: amd64
Depends: libtinfo6 (= 6.1+20181013-2+deb10u2), libncurses-dev (= 6.1+20181013-2+deb10u2)
Description: transitional package for libncurses-dev
Description-md5: ed531f645dd8873ee0c0959611138d19
Multi-Arch: same
Homepage: https://invisible-island.net/ncurses/
Tag: devel::lang:c, devel::library, implemented-in::c, interface::text-mode,
role::devel-lib, role::program, uitoolkit::ncurses
Section: libdevel
Priority: optional
Filename: pool/main/n/ncurses/libncurses5-dev_6.1+20181013-2+deb10u2_amd64.deb
Size: 948
MD5sum: 3a1ad2c5db6dd661b2b696819f31a3f3
SHA256: 89dfa844e3c32996252dee014a2c14065a7c3e73a566bb9a5bcf9cd76a069933