How to Install and Uninstall libncursesw5 Package on Debian 12 (Bookworm)

Last updated: May 17,2024

You can also install and uninstall the libncursesw5 on the following distributions in the same way, as they are all based on the Debian system

MX Linux 23
SparkyLinux

1. Install "libncursesw5" package

Please follow the steps below to install libncursesw5 on Debian 12 (Bookworm)


    
        
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                sudo apt update
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
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2. Uninstall "libncursesw5" package

This guide covers the steps necessary to uninstall libncursesw5 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 libncursesw5 package on Debian 12 (Bookworm)

Package: libncursesw5
Source: ncurses
Version: 6.4-4
Installed-Size: 380
Maintainer: Craig Small
Architecture: amd64
Depends: libtinfo5 (= 6.4-4), libc6 (>= 2.34)
Recommends: libgpm2
Description: shared libraries for terminal handling (wide character legacy version)
Description-md5: cdcff7ef64be4d2080a4f12e88e7a43e
Multi-Arch: same
Homepage: https://invisible-island.net/ncurses/
Tag: role::shared-lib
Section: oldlibs
Priority: optional
Filename: pool/main/n/ncurses/libncursesw5_6.4-4_amd64.deb
Size: 120204
MD5sum: 8117dd701e0fcd5f2cf5d5638ec8a157
SHA256: 631cbb8ed396736021e94b817a7041a763146d825f50e5dd856885bc7271ce39