How to Install and Uninstall ncurses-base Package on Debian 10 (Buster)

Last updated: May 18,2024

1. Install "ncurses-base" package

This tutorial shows how to install ncurses-base on Debian 10 (Buster)


    
        
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                sudo apt update
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
                ncurses-base
            
                    
    
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2. Uninstall "ncurses-base" package

Please follow the guidance below to uninstall ncurses-base on Debian 10 (Buster):


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

Package: ncurses-base
Source: ncurses
Version: 6.1+20181013-2+deb10u2
Essential: yes
Installed-Size: 368
Maintainer: Craig Small
Architecture: all
Provides: ncurses-runtime
Breaks: bash-static (<< 4.4.18-1.1), libmono-corlib4.5-cil (<< 4.6.2.7+dfsg-2), libslang2 (<< 2.3.1a-3), libtinfo5 (<< 6.1), libunibilium0 (<< 2), libunibilium4 (<< 2.0.0-3), zsh-static (<< 5.4.2-4)
Description: basic terminal type definitions
Description-md5: 2cbef17322c0de7f007682de54ca0d4a
Multi-Arch: foreign
Homepage: https://invisible-island.net/ncurses/
Tag: implemented-in::TODO, role::app-data, uitoolkit::ncurses
Section: misc
Priority: required
Filename: pool/main/n/ncurses/ncurses-base_6.1+20181013-2+deb10u2_all.deb
Size: 258480
MD5sum: 1a368abe46048ba7188cb95f6daa1966
SHA256: 45e0f42bfcc6e5a2c204d2c585300611d9c0ac915fab6b378f4981651169927f