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

Last updated: December 10,2024

1. Install "libtinfo-dev" package

This guide covers the steps necessary to install libtinfo-dev on Debian 11 (Bullseye)


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

Learn how to uninstall libtinfo-dev on Debian 11 (Bullseye):


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

Package: libtinfo-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/libtinfo-dev_6.2+20201114-2_amd64.deb
Size: 932
MD5sum: 444866e101ce537cb26a01b15593ae30
SHA256: 60e5a7eb8874ff4873d75d3b2f24d5138cbafb05b449f1bac1126711a7a7f29c