How to Install and Uninstall libncurses6 Package on Ubuntu 24.04 LTS (Noble Numbat)

Last updated: May 18,2024

1. Install "libncurses6" package

Here is a brief guide to show you how to install libncurses6 on Ubuntu 24.04 LTS (Noble Numbat)


    
        
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                sudo apt update
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
                libncurses6
            
                    
    
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2. Uninstall "libncurses6" package

This is a short guide on how to uninstall libncurses6 on Ubuntu 24.04 LTS (Noble Numbat):


    
        
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                sudo apt remove
            
                        
                libncurses6
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the libncurses6 package on Ubuntu 24.04 LTS (Noble Numbat)

Package: libncurses6
Architecture: amd64
Version: 6.4+20240113-1ubuntu1
Multi-Arch: same
Priority: standard
Section: libs
Source: ncurses
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Ncurses Maintainers
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 336
Depends: libtinfo6 (= 6.4+20240113-1ubuntu1), libc6 (>= 2.34)
Recommends: libgpm2
Breaks: cowdancer (<< 0.89~)
Filename: pool/main/n/ncurses/libncurses6_6.4+20240113-1ubuntu1_amd64.deb
Size: 111894
MD5sum: 9e3f1da599a04355a01793bdc9def9a1
SHA1: cb6ac9082fcdb5c15d7952e5891bcd78c137ddc3
SHA256: b5669082396328597c62e51caeb2ee258015e92bd87f6670acee9f396a30b978
SHA512: 3b7f1c1b2a1bd86cff90cc1a5462d0611ca17692b69468c920614f7e6ff278b1dc579f8a664d3824245acbe5c5b87c0cacdd317a5d0ddb65d734a47abc93e46f
Homepage: https://invisible-island.net/ncurses/
Description: shared libraries for terminal handling
Description-md5: 599cbbcff16d09b3b4643d84f37643fd
Task: standard