How to Install and Uninstall libncurses6 Package on Debian 10 (Buster)

Last updated: December 25,2024

1. Install "libncurses6" package

Please follow the steps below to install libncurses6 on Debian 10 (Buster)


    
        
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                sudo apt update
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
                libncurses6
            
                    
    
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2. Uninstall "libncurses6" package

This is a short guide on how to uninstall libncurses6 on Debian 10 (Buster):


    
        
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                sudo apt remove
            
                        
                libncurses6
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the libncurses6 package on Debian 10 (Buster)

Package: libncurses6
Source: ncurses
Version: 6.1+20181013-2+deb10u2
Installed-Size: 334
Maintainer: Craig Small
Architecture: amd64
Depends: libtinfo6 (= 6.1+20181013-2+deb10u2), libc6 (>= 2.14)
Recommends: libgpm2
Description: shared libraries for terminal handling
Description-md5: 599cbbcff16d09b3b4643d84f37643fd
Multi-Arch: same
Homepage: https://invisible-island.net/ncurses/
Tag: role::shared-lib
Section: libs
Priority: optional
Filename: pool/main/n/ncurses/libncurses6_6.1+20181013-2+deb10u2_amd64.deb
Size: 101700
MD5sum: e0485acee50897a0a227bf21292195cf
SHA256: 25cc6d68d36b13b54ca5a1c2933703681bf4694a66ee29a555616620a482fe0d