How to Install and Uninstall libncursesw6 Package on Debian 12 (Bookworm)

Last updated: February 02,2025

You can also install and uninstall the libncursesw6 on the following distributions in the same way, as they are all based on the Debian system

MX Linux 23
SparkyLinux

1. Install "libncursesw6" package

This guide covers the steps necessary to install libncursesw6 on Debian 12 (Bookworm)


    
        
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                sudo apt update
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
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2. Uninstall "libncursesw6" package

Here is a brief guide to show you how to uninstall libncursesw6 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 libncursesw6 package on Debian 12 (Bookworm)

Package: libncursesw6
Source: ncurses
Version: 6.4-4
Installed-Size: 412
Maintainer: Craig Small
Architecture: amd64
Depends: libtinfo6 (= 6.4-4), libc6 (>= 2.34)
Recommends: libgpm2
Description: shared libraries for terminal handling (wide character support)
Description-md5: 1a69a793355bf1fff9186f00b71dd14a
Multi-Arch: same
Homepage: https://invisible-island.net/ncurses/
Tag: role::shared-lib
Section: libs
Priority: optional
Filename: pool/main/n/ncurses/libncursesw6_6.4-4_amd64.deb
Size: 133824
MD5sum: ebd2db8f34a8772d9679697c65b0e02b
SHA256: 98fa7a53dc565a38b65fb70422ad08001bf5361d8fbc74255280c329996a6bec