How to Install and Uninstall libncurses5 Package on Debian 11 (Bullseye)

Last updated: May 10,2024

1. Install "libncurses5" package

Please follow the step by step instructions below to install libncurses5 on Debian 11 (Bullseye)


    
        
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                sudo apt update
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
                libncurses5
            
                    
    
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2. Uninstall "libncurses5" package

This guide covers the steps necessary to uninstall libncurses5 on Debian 11 (Bullseye):


    
        
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                sudo apt remove
            
                        
                libncurses5
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the libncurses5 package on Debian 11 (Bullseye)

Package: libncurses5
Source: ncurses
Version: 6.2+20201114-2
Installed-Size: 316
Maintainer: Craig Small
Architecture: amd64
Depends: libtinfo5 (= 6.2+20201114-2), libc6 (>= 2.14)
Recommends: libgpm2
Description: shared libraries for terminal handling (legacy version)
Description-md5: d2741d94112e4fab829e84113efab968
Multi-Arch: same
Homepage: https://invisible-island.net/ncurses/
Tag: role::shared-lib
Section: oldlibs
Priority: optional
Filename: pool/main/n/ncurses/libncurses5_6.2+20201114-2_amd64.deb
Size: 96760
MD5sum: 83a1d8d13cdf1f5702b56f6e870bb1de
SHA256: 0bfd53287af0eb992ad3fb0d5388fe4fc757a23e89189e8594c420eeb3a4d18b