How to Install and Uninstall libncurses-dev Package on Ubuntu 24.04 LTS (Noble Numbat)

Last updated: May 20,2024

1. Install "libncurses-dev" package

Here is a brief guide to show you how to install libncurses-dev on Ubuntu 24.04 LTS (Noble Numbat)


    
        
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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 steps below to uninstall libncurses-dev on Ubuntu 24.04 LTS (Noble Numbat):


    
        
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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 Ubuntu 24.04 LTS (Noble Numbat)

Package: libncurses-dev
Architecture: amd64
Version: 6.4+20240113-1ubuntu1
Multi-Arch: same
Priority: optional
Section: libdevel
Source: ncurses
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Ncurses Maintainers
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 2360
Provides: libncurses5-dev (= 6.4+20240113-1ubuntu1), libncursesw5-dev (= 6.4+20240113-1ubuntu1), libtinfo-dev (= 6.4+20240113-1ubuntu1), ncurses-dev
Depends: libtinfo6 (= 6.4+20240113-1ubuntu1), libncurses6 (= 6.4+20240113-1ubuntu1), libncursesw6 (= 6.4+20240113-1ubuntu1), libc6-dev | libc-dev
Suggests: ncurses-doc
Conflicts: ncurses-dev
Replaces: ncurses-dev
Filename: pool/main/n/ncurses/libncurses-dev_6.4+20240113-1ubuntu1_amd64.deb
Size: 384082
MD5sum: a681dc85dc3fba534156d4271bf5f83e
SHA1: f956aab7c8f895576ee28ddf28fa0207c71e6bc8
SHA256: ec10d4918a2e95b04393992f8c095672b9172b1ac5dcba3778dbce1ded90e3ca
SHA512: 79b96868bfcc7bef2ba18065d476cbf1c7dd2dca989ce0028b0ddf7a60b02f5510592ebe60e5f169a8d843d1dcd69cb043393afcb760c046d07aef4097432839
Homepage: https://invisible-island.net/ncurses/
Description: developer's libraries for ncurses
Description-md5: 38da502b304ea3ed5ff1e12d072d14a8