How to Install and Uninstall libncursesw6 Package on Linux Mint 20.3 (Una)

Last updated: February 17,2025

1. Install "libncursesw6" package

Please follow the step by step instructions below to install libncursesw6 on Linux Mint 20.3 (Una)


    
        
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                sudo apt update
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
                libncursesw6
            
                    
    
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2. Uninstall "libncursesw6" package

Please follow the step by step instructions below to uninstall libncursesw6 on Linux Mint 20.3 (Una):


    
        
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                sudo apt remove
            
                        
                libncursesw6
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the libncursesw6 package on Linux Mint 20.3 (Una)

Package: libncursesw6
Architecture: amd64
Version: 6.2-0ubuntu2
Multi-Arch: same
Priority: required
Section: libs
Source: ncurses
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Craig Small
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 418
Depends: libtinfo6 (= 6.2-0ubuntu2), libc6 (>= 2.14)
Recommends: libgpm2
Filename: pool/main/n/ncurses/libncursesw6_6.2-0ubuntu2_amd64.deb
Size: 132368
MD5sum: a27a5545d239cef14bf6b2bb4cd8d235
SHA1: 8a82adbaa1a83286a110b2df917da71b81a8746d
SHA256: 7dd1a78af0cbf71a7bbf263e0e829e7e5dd861b6b02c58bc9831f8aebafefe23
Homepage: https://invisible-island.net/ncurses/
Description: shared libraries for terminal handling (wide character support)
Description-md5: 1a69a793355bf1fff9186f00b71dd14a
Task: minimal, ubuntu-core