How to Install and Uninstall libncurses-dev Package on Linux Mint 20.3 (Una)

Last updated: December 26,2024

1. Install "libncurses-dev" package

Learn how to install libncurses-dev on Linux Mint 20.3 (Una)


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

Please follow the step by step instructions below to uninstall libncurses-dev on Linux Mint 20.3 (Una):


    
        
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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 Linux Mint 20.3 (Una)

Package: libncurses-dev
Architecture: amd64
Version: 6.2-0ubuntu2
Multi-Arch: same
Priority: optional
Section: libdevel
Source: ncurses
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Craig Small
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 2341
Provides: libncurses5-dev, libncursesw5-dev, libtinfo-dev, ncurses-dev
Depends: libtinfo6 (= 6.2-0ubuntu2), libncurses6 (= 6.2-0ubuntu2), libncursesw6 (= 6.2-0ubuntu2), libc6-dev | libc-dev, ncurses-bin (>= 6.0+20151017)
Suggests: ncurses-doc
Conflicts: ncurses-dev
Breaks: libncurses5-dev (<< 6.1+20180210), libncursesw5-dev (<< 6.1+20180210), libtinfo-dev (<< 6.1+20180210)
Replaces: libncurses5-dev (<< 6.1+20180210), libncursesw5-dev (<< 6.1+20180210), libtinfo-dev (<< 6.1+20180210), ncurses-bin (<< 6.0+20151017), ncurses-dev
Filename: pool/main/n/ncurses/libncurses-dev_6.2-0ubuntu2_amd64.deb
Size: 339376
MD5sum: e4653e1c9ed224fb98e7960cc4071480
SHA1: eca3ff530b7f2f3e34d670e567751a139f45aa28
SHA256: baf18159817c17df6da4b67d5b34c39fb9804155f663a6f445cb34b2437e111e
Homepage: https://invisible-island.net/ncurses/
Description: developer's libraries for ncurses
Description-md5: 38da502b304ea3ed5ff1e12d072d14a8