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

Last updated: May 10,2024

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

MX Linux 23
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1. Install "libtinfo-dev" package

This guide covers the steps necessary to install libtinfo-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 "libtinfo-dev" package

This guide let you learn how to uninstall libtinfo-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 libtinfo-dev package on Debian 12 (Bookworm)

Package: libtinfo-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/libtinfo-dev_6.4-4_amd64.deb
Size: 924
MD5sum: 167dadcc1b9a7fc9bc95f719271ed26b
SHA256: e1935c2006661f1cda0bfd35f12ea30f9d64a110f30a074d512efe6c9466bf86