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

Last updated: April 30,2024

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

MX Linux 23
SparkyLinux

1. Install "libncursesw5-dev" package

In this section, we are going to explain the necessary steps to install libncursesw5-dev 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-dev" package

Learn how to uninstall libncursesw5-dev 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-dev package on Debian 12 (Bookworm)

Package: libncursesw5-dev
Source: ncurses
Version: 6.4-4
Installed-Size: 6
Maintainer: Craig Small
Architecture: amd64
Depends: libtinfo6 (= 6.4-4), libncurses-dev (= 6.4-4)
Description: transitional package for libncurses-dev
Description-md5: ed531f645dd8873ee0c0959611138d19
Multi-Arch: same
Homepage: https://invisible-island.net/ncurses/
Tag: role::shared-lib
Section: oldlibs
Priority: optional
Filename: pool/main/n/ncurses/libncursesw5-dev_6.4-4_amd64.deb
Size: 932
MD5sum: 6458d0e5c454728f01e81c1adbb90b16
SHA256: 3a97db0beab0cae1a525c9f0761388130b8338a4d7dc62ac3a9dec18d37f6e38