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

Last updated: May 17,2024

1. Install "libncurses5-dev" package

Here is a brief guide to show you how to install libncurses5-dev on Debian 11 (Bullseye)


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

Here is a brief guide to show you how to uninstall libncurses5-dev on Debian 11 (Bullseye):


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

Package: libncurses5-dev
Source: ncurses
Version: 6.2+20201114-2
Installed-Size: 6
Maintainer: Craig Small
Architecture: amd64
Depends: libtinfo6 (= 6.2+20201114-2), libncurses-dev (= 6.2+20201114-2)
Description: transitional package for libncurses-dev
Description-md5: ed531f645dd8873ee0c0959611138d19
Multi-Arch: same
Homepage: https://invisible-island.net/ncurses/
Tag: role::shared-lib
Section: oldlibs
Priority: optional
Filename: pool/main/n/ncurses/libncurses5-dev_6.2+20201114-2_amd64.deb
Size: 936
MD5sum: 813012faf80bc246bc333be17e5e4b9a
SHA256: d73df3550d50e5160aec70a9acf5f15fd81b6a417754ae2def6e6ccd9a1d7a6e