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

Last updated: May 22,2024

1. Install "libncurses-dev" package

Learn how to install libncurses-dev on Kali Linux


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

This is a short guide on how to uninstall libncurses-dev on Kali Linux:


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

Package: libncurses-dev
Source: ncurses
Version: 6.4+20240113-1
Installed-Size: 2355
Maintainer: Ncurses Maintainers
Architecture: amd64
Replaces: ncurses-dev
Provides: libncurses5-dev (= 6.4+20240113-1), libncursesw5-dev (= 6.4+20240113-1), libtinfo-dev (= 6.4+20240113-1), ncurses-dev
Depends: libtinfo6 (= 6.4+20240113-1), libncurses6 (= 6.4+20240113-1), libncursesw6 (= 6.4+20240113-1), libc6-dev | libc-dev
Suggests: ncurses-doc
Conflicts: ncurses-dev
Size: 348612
SHA256: c99e139a5dac09fa1b408f1c54a496cf33b4d244eea964ea906ba0ea81abf119
SHA1: a6868a252b800881932809f5de102ea0a8af2d1d
MD5sum: f425be56dc742b2c86deb50811e1b1cb
Description: developer's libraries for ncurses
The ncurses library routines are a terminal-independent method of
updating character screens with reasonable optimization.
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This package contains the header files, static libraries
and symbolic links that developers using ncurses will need.
Description-md5:
Multi-Arch: same
Homepage: https://invisible-island.net/ncurses/
Tag: devel::library, role::devel-lib
Section: libdevel
Priority: optional
Filename: pool/main/n/ncurses/libncurses-dev_6.4+20240113-1_amd64.deb