How to Install and Uninstall libncursesw5 Package on Debian 11 (Bullseye)

Last updated: December 24,2024

1. Install "libncursesw5" package

Please follow the step by step instructions below to install libncursesw5 on Debian 11 (Bullseye)


    
        
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                sudo apt update
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
                libncursesw5
            
                    
    
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2. Uninstall "libncursesw5" package

Please follow the step by step instructions below to uninstall libncursesw5 on Debian 11 (Bullseye):


    
        
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                sudo apt remove
            
                        
                libncursesw5
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the libncursesw5 package on Debian 11 (Bullseye)

Package: libncursesw5
Source: ncurses
Version: 6.2+20201114-2
Installed-Size: 376
Maintainer: Craig Small
Architecture: amd64
Depends: libtinfo5 (= 6.2+20201114-2), libc6 (>= 2.14)
Recommends: libgpm2
Description: shared libraries for terminal handling (wide character legacy version)
Description-md5: cdcff7ef64be4d2080a4f12e88e7a43e
Multi-Arch: same
Homepage: https://invisible-island.net/ncurses/
Tag: role::shared-lib
Section: oldlibs
Priority: optional
Filename: pool/main/n/ncurses/libncursesw5_6.2+20201114-2_amd64.deb
Size: 119096
MD5sum: 73a88a63012a075cbb983d2644fbc52b
SHA256: d066c9f47e9a49d303d853b5d92df4118edd8cd18ed06cab59cdd541cfd2b49e