How to Install and Uninstall libncurses5 Package on Debian 12 (Bookworm)

Last updated: May 10,2024

You can also install and uninstall the libncurses5 on the following distributions in the same way, as they are all based on the Debian system

MX Linux 23
SparkyLinux

1. Install "libncurses5" package

In this section, we are going to explain the necessary steps to install libncurses5 on Debian 12 (Bookworm)


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

Please follow the guidelines below to uninstall libncurses5 on Debian 12 (Bookworm):


    
        
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                sudo apt remove
            
                        
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the libncurses5 package on Debian 12 (Bookworm)

Package: libncurses5
Source: ncurses
Version: 6.4-4
Installed-Size: 316
Maintainer: Craig Small
Architecture: amd64
Depends: libtinfo5 (= 6.4-4), libc6 (>= 2.34)
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: oldlibs
Priority: optional
Filename: pool/main/n/ncurses/libncurses5_6.4-4_amd64.deb
Size: 97504
MD5sum: 69509717d23e24e005afb5d99c1ace32
SHA256: 02f4f7f52c4ce2fc4021793a931bfd85f7870554b8e4d56576d73a4ed0bdb390