How to Install and Uninstall libncurses6 Package on Debian 11 (Bullseye)

Last updated: May 03,2024

1. Install "libncurses6" package

This tutorial shows how to install libncurses6 on Debian 11 (Bullseye)


    
        
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                sudo apt update
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
                libncurses6
            
                    
    
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2. Uninstall "libncurses6" package

Please follow the steps below to uninstall libncurses6 on Debian 11 (Bullseye):


    
        
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                sudo apt remove
            
                        
                libncurses6
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the libncurses6 package on Debian 11 (Bullseye)

Package: libncurses6
Source: ncurses
Version: 6.2+20201114-2
Installed-Size: 335
Maintainer: Craig Small
Architecture: amd64
Depends: libtinfo6 (= 6.2+20201114-2), libc6 (>= 2.14)
Recommends: libgpm2
Breaks: cowdancer (<< 0.89~)
Description: shared libraries for terminal handling
Description-md5: 599cbbcff16d09b3b4643d84f37643fd
Multi-Arch: same
Homepage: https://invisible-island.net/ncurses/
Tag: role::shared-lib
Section: libs
Priority: optional
Filename: pool/main/n/ncurses/libncurses6_6.2+20201114-2_amd64.deb
Size: 102388
MD5sum: a811bda51e0adc48bb8adb7d5ef1fc4b
SHA256: dfe45cb6ab048d1182175df55b007a4a188515c6d764a4dd5a44a0b47b6286a1