How to Install and Uninstall libtinfo6 Package on Debian 12 (Bookworm)

Last updated: September 20,2024

You can also install and uninstall the libtinfo6 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 "libtinfo6" package

Please follow the guidance below to install libtinfo6 on Debian 12 (Bookworm)


    
        
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                sudo apt update
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
                libtinfo6
            
                    
    
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2. Uninstall "libtinfo6" package

Please follow the step by step instructions below to uninstall libtinfo6 on Debian 12 (Bookworm):


    
        
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                sudo apt remove
            
                        
                libtinfo6
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the libtinfo6 package on Debian 12 (Bookworm)

Package: libtinfo6
Source: ncurses
Version: 6.4-4
Installed-Size: 541
Maintainer: Craig Small
Architecture: amd64
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.34)
Description: shared low-level terminfo library for terminal handling
Description-md5: f681846d99e5156a0882bb53c35d3244
Multi-Arch: same
Homepage: https://invisible-island.net/ncurses/
Tag: role::shared-lib
Section: libs
Priority: optional
Filename: pool/main/n/ncurses/libtinfo6_6.4-4_amd64.deb
Size: 331352
MD5sum: 51ccb2d0571b096ed33c73eee1a59a01
SHA256: 072d908f38f51090ca28ca5afa3b46b2957dc61fe35094c0b851426859a49a51