How to Install and Uninstall ruby-curses Package on Debian 12 (Bookworm)

Last updated: May 20,2024

You can also install and uninstall the ruby-curses 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 "ruby-curses" package

This guide covers the steps necessary to install ruby-curses on Debian 12 (Bookworm)


    
        
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                sudo apt update
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
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2. Uninstall "ruby-curses" package

Please follow the step by step instructions below to uninstall ruby-curses 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 ruby-curses package on Debian 12 (Bookworm)

Package: ruby-curses
Source: ruby-curses (1.4.4-1)
Version: 1.4.4-1+b2
Installed-Size: 124
Maintainer: Debian Ruby Extras Maintainers
Architecture: amd64
Depends: ruby | ruby-interpreter, libc6 (>= 2.4), libncursesw6 (>= 6), libtinfo6 (>= 6), libruby3.1 (>= 3.1.2), libruby (>= 1:3.1~0), libruby (<< 1:3.2~)
Description: curses binding for Ruby
Description-md5: 6e5cb483bd434b398400a28862a2f120
Homepage: https://github.com/ruby/curses
Tag: uitoolkit::ncurses
Section: ruby
Priority: optional
Filename: pool/main/r/ruby-curses/ruby-curses_1.4.4-1+b2_amd64.deb
Size: 30572
MD5sum: 87b42c466478ff7d7079b5f83d796a38
SHA256: 05c2cf62e51aca2d08e5d541b6355201ad99f102ee50218f771d517a84a74d38