How to Install and Uninstall libncursesw6 Package on Debian 10 (Buster)

Last updated: May 13,2024

1. Install "libncursesw6" package

Learn how to install libncursesw6 on Debian 10 (Buster)


    
        
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                sudo apt update
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
                libncursesw6
            
                    
    
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2. Uninstall "libncursesw6" package

This tutorial shows how to uninstall libncursesw6 on Debian 10 (Buster):


    
        
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                sudo apt remove
            
                        
                libncursesw6
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the libncursesw6 package on Debian 10 (Buster)

Package: libncursesw6
Source: ncurses
Version: 6.1+20181013-2+deb10u2
Installed-Size: 411
Maintainer: Craig Small
Architecture: amd64
Depends: libtinfo6 (= 6.1+20181013-2+deb10u2), libc6 (>= 2.14)
Recommends: libgpm2
Description: shared libraries for terminal handling (wide character support)
Description-md5: 1a69a793355bf1fff9186f00b71dd14a
Multi-Arch: same
Homepage: https://invisible-island.net/ncurses/
Tag: role::shared-lib
Section: libs
Priority: optional
Filename: pool/main/n/ncurses/libncursesw6_6.1+20181013-2+deb10u2_amd64.deb
Size: 131596
MD5sum: 58ad96bb6a39fb8b38f878c37cb2e68d
SHA256: 7dffe9602586300292960f2e3cf4301acfc64a91aed6fa41ea2e719ae75788b3