How to Install and Uninstall libncurses-dev Package on Linux Mint 21.3 (Virginia)

Last updated: May 18,2024

1. Install "libncurses-dev" package

Please follow the instructions below to install libncurses-dev on Linux Mint 21.3 (Virginia)


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

This guide covers the steps necessary to uninstall libncurses-dev on Linux Mint 21.3 (Virginia):


    
        
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the libncurses-dev package on Linux Mint 21.3 (Virginia)

Package: libncurses-dev
Architecture: amd64
Version: 6.3-2ubuntu0.1
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: 2351
Provides: libncurses5-dev (= 6.3-2ubuntu0.1), libncursesw5-dev (= 6.3-2ubuntu0.1), libtinfo-dev (= 6.3-2ubuntu0.1), ncurses-dev
Depends: libtinfo6 (= 6.3-2ubuntu0.1), libncurses6 (= 6.3-2ubuntu0.1), libncursesw6 (= 6.3-2ubuntu0.1), 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_6.3-2ubuntu0.1_amd64.deb
Size: 380608
MD5sum: 9d78d5c1521656b4fc20754819ddda17
SHA1: 069292b8126c9d5703786be4a1bef1484c000833
SHA256: 1de196ffdd885b5953a44cde13e68b77dc7ceb9c9921482dc84e358bd1ad8b02
SHA512: b43ad92d935052a5ae5a0eae4c976f03c5b1ebbfc770c5c2202a4bb753f7fc33fa8729aa197b57cfa6a4d6dcc5a1fcbf46fab1a03cc2b9a0aabbdd3946e67e6b
Homepage: https://invisible-island.net/ncurses/
Description: developer's libraries for ncurses
Description-md5: 38da502b304ea3ed5ff1e12d072d14a8

Package: libncurses-dev
Architecture: amd64
Version: 6.3-2
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: 2350
Provides: libncurses5-dev (= 6.3-2), libncursesw5-dev (= 6.3-2), libtinfo-dev (= 6.3-2), ncurses-dev
Depends: libtinfo6 (= 6.3-2), libncurses6 (= 6.3-2), libncursesw6 (= 6.3-2), 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_6.3-2_amd64.deb
Size: 380106
MD5sum: cdcbf7542d043e5e0e255536e229a322
SHA1: 405cda4f149dd4b70a3f0255689968d0a3070b89
SHA256: eb8ddcadb6a66f6291d157dcbcc195f8849f7c1e944d0055acf996693bf802d4
SHA512: 20397e7f5c005d2aafeaa5169c059c9c0e03b0db90cce6ee08c894aee604c18b1fe864f3d14645f92b913ecb19d65b8b460249b9b36b6328898f67e80f8a7a49
Homepage: https://invisible-island.net/ncurses/
Description: developer's libraries for ncurses
Description-md5: 38da502b304ea3ed5ff1e12d072d14a8