How to Install and Uninstall ncurses-base Package on Kali Linux

Last updated: May 14,2024

1. Install "ncurses-base" package

This tutorial shows how to install ncurses-base on Kali Linux


    
        
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                sudo apt update
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
                ncurses-base
            
                    
    
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2. Uninstall "ncurses-base" package

Here is a brief guide to show you how to uninstall ncurses-base on Kali Linux:


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

Package: ncurses-base
Source: ncurses
Version: 6.4+20240113-1
Essential: yes
Installed-Size: 384
Maintainer: Ncurses Maintainers
Architecture: all
Replaces: ncurses-term (<< 6.4+20230603)
Provides: ncurses-runtime
Breaks: cryptsetup-initramfs (<< 2:2.6.1), ncurses-term (<< 6.4+20230625), neovim (<< 0.6.0), vim-common (<< 2:9.0.1000-2)
Size: 267960
SHA256: 61f8c74b942ddc1babe1cca5a07f6640a270b126a781954b2551a32403733b9a
SHA1: 5361fe4752628664eb2d6c7aada5e51684d61566
MD5sum: f6b89b110c5d20258ba98b24e32d1cc0
Description: basic terminal type definitions
The ncurses library routines are a terminal-independent method of
updating character screens with reasonable optimization.
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This package contains terminfo data files to support the most common types of
terminal, including ansi, dumb, linux, rxvt, screen, sun, vt100, vt102, vt220,
vt52, and xterm.
Description-md5:
Multi-Arch: foreign
Homepage: https://invisible-island.net/ncurses/
Tag: implemented-in::c, role::app-data, uitoolkit::ncurses
Section: misc
Priority: required
Filename: pool/main/n/ncurses/ncurses-base_6.4+20240113-1_all.deb