How to Install and Uninstall libncurses6 Package on Debian 12 (Bookworm)

Last updated: November 22,2024

You can also install and uninstall the libncurses6 on the following distributions in the same way, as they are all based on the Debian system

MX Linux 23
SparkyLinux

1. Install "libncurses6" package

This guide let you learn how to install libncurses6 on Debian 12 (Bookworm)


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

Please follow the instructions below to uninstall libncurses6 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 libncurses6 package on Debian 12 (Bookworm)

Package: libncurses6
Source: ncurses
Version: 6.4-4
Installed-Size: 335
Maintainer: Craig Small
Architecture: amd64
Depends: libtinfo6 (= 6.4-4), libc6 (>= 2.34)
Recommends: libgpm2
Breaks: cowdancer (<< 0.89~)
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_6.4-4_amd64.deb
Size: 103136
MD5sum: 5194afc9f6611b16b323f9372b2d8c96
SHA256: 72300f09f02669c06c99b641ea795d52300ec7eb65eaccddf7bc3b72934f0ef5