How to Install and Uninstall ncurses-base Package on Debian 12 (Bookworm)

Last updated: May 08,2024

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

MX Linux 23
SparkyLinux

1. Install "ncurses-base" package

Please follow the steps below to install ncurses-base on Debian 12 (Bookworm)


    
        
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                sudo apt update
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
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2. Uninstall "ncurses-base" package

This guide covers the steps necessary to uninstall ncurses-base 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 ncurses-base package on Debian 12 (Bookworm)

Package: ncurses-base
Source: ncurses
Version: 6.4-4
Essential: yes
Installed-Size: 379
Maintainer: Craig Small
Architecture: all
Provides: ncurses-runtime
Breaks: bash-static (<< 4.4.18-1.1), libmono-corlib4.5-cil (<< 4.6.2.7+dfsg-2), libslang2 (<< 2.3.1a-3), libtinfo5 (<< 6.1), libunibilium0 (<< 2), libunibilium4 (<< 2.0.0-3), neovim (<< 0.6.0), vim-common (<< 2:9.0.1000-2), zsh-static (<< 5.4.2-4)
Description: basic terminal type definitions
Description-md5: 2cbef17322c0de7f007682de54ca0d4a
Multi-Arch: foreign
Homepage: https://invisible-island.net/ncurses/
Tag: implemented-in::c, role::app-data, uitoolkit::ncurses
Section: misc
Priority: required
Filename: pool/main/n/ncurses/ncurses-base_6.4-4_all.deb
Size: 261308
MD5sum: d4772a6d6a48b0d6e9b8e3f7a170a098
SHA256: bfd1d89f833c09a28b062ee916495cf69649ca2bf529532476c7b69d75d24909