How to Install and Uninstall libtinfo5 Package on Debian 12 (Bookworm)

Last updated: May 19,2024

You can also install and uninstall the libtinfo5 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 "libtinfo5" package

Please follow the guidelines below to install libtinfo5 on Debian 12 (Bookworm)


    
        
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                sudo apt update
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
                libtinfo5
            
                    
    
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2. Uninstall "libtinfo5" package

This guide covers the steps necessary to uninstall libtinfo5 on Debian 12 (Bookworm):


    
        
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                sudo apt remove
            
                        
                libtinfo5
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the libtinfo5 package on Debian 12 (Bookworm)

Package: libtinfo5
Source: ncurses
Version: 6.4-4
Installed-Size: 531
Maintainer: Craig Small
Architecture: amd64
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.34)
Description: shared low-level terminfo library (legacy version)
Description-md5: e4089e57710bd30671fca7351b19ae90
Multi-Arch: same
Homepage: https://invisible-island.net/ncurses/
Tag: role::shared-lib
Section: oldlibs
Priority: optional
Filename: pool/main/n/ncurses/libtinfo5_6.4-4_amd64.deb
Size: 328276
MD5sum: bb47d297100caabef7f3c305202fbb06
SHA256: dd347f794e651039e7b4c391f86c674fed7f415b3dca6b0937beb0d470f09c1a