How to Install and Uninstall libcwidget-dev Package on Kali Linux

Last updated: March 12,2025

1. Install "libcwidget-dev" package

Please follow the guidance below to install libcwidget-dev on Kali Linux


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

Please follow the steps below to uninstall libcwidget-dev on Kali Linux:


    
        
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                sudo apt remove
            
                        
                libcwidget-dev
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the libcwidget-dev package on Kali Linux

Package: libcwidget-dev
Source: cwidget (0.5.18-6)
Version: 0.5.18-6+b1
Installed-Size: 2826
Maintainer: Manuel A. Fernandez Montecelo
Architecture: amd64
Depends: libcwidget4 (= 0.5.18-6+b1), libsigc++-2.0-dev, libncursesw5-dev, pkg-config
Suggests: libcwidget-doc
Size: 393400
SHA256: c5abcc0678d51ecd71a2eaf677761c74296ca51a769837ecdf94f7bde6559a79
SHA1: 90959ddb772540ccdaf27aa4bb35bf5de3a36306
MD5sum: ae763e4533bb48b0819510aac3b81710
Description: high-level terminal interface library for C++ (development files)
libcwidget is a modern user interface library modeled on GTK+ and Qt,
but using curses as its display layer and with widgets that are
tailored to a terminal environment.
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This package contains files that are needed to write or compile
software that uses libcwidget.
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WARNING: this is a newly created library whose development is closely
tied to the development of aptitude. Its API may be incomplete and
is likely to change considerably version-over-version! You may want
to avoid cwidget for stable projects.
Description-md5:
Multi-Arch: same
Homepage: https://salsa.debian.org/cwidget-team/
Tag: devel::lang:c++, devel::library, role::devel-lib
Section: libdevel
Priority: optional
Filename: pool/main/c/cwidget/libcwidget-dev_0.5.18-6+b1_amd64.deb