How to Install and Uninstall libncurses5 Package on Ubuntu 18.04 LTS (Bionic Beaver)

Last updated: December 23,2024

1. Install "libncurses5" package

Here is a brief guide to show you how to install libncurses5 on Ubuntu 18.04 LTS (Bionic Beaver)


    
        
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                sudo apt update
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
                libncurses5
            
                    
    
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2. Uninstall "libncurses5" package

Please follow the guidance below to uninstall libncurses5 on Ubuntu 18.04 LTS (Bionic Beaver):


    
        
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                sudo apt remove
            
                        
                libncurses5
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the libncurses5 package on Ubuntu 18.04 LTS (Bionic Beaver)

Package: libncurses5
Architecture: amd64
Version: 6.1-1ubuntu1.18.04
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: 283
Depends: libtinfo5 (= 6.1-1ubuntu1.18.04), libc6 (>= 2.14)
Recommends: libgpm2
Filename: pool/main/n/ncurses/libncurses5_6.1-1ubuntu1.18.04_amd64.deb
Size: 95092
MD5sum: 14a1fe177b6a7d9fb8e211c10db9ef5f
SHA1: 234d2e8073c58d62126a4e9ba26c5083bfec188a
SHA256: 928109886a9c8a1a1504e5460632ba49cc0854176a90c16dcd95eb7ebd8d240d
SHA512: 04e95382722e6c68b5bfcf6374a3c54f18a3f1c7761db9d157b931f65ffa18ff52141faf7d102f8059da86527dca9fdf7ade3be5a713756223e0db2733d84ad1
Homepage: https://invisible-island.net/ncurses/
Description: shared libraries for terminal handling
Description-md5: 599cbbcff16d09b3b4643d84f37643fd
Task: minimal
Supported: 5y

Package: libncurses5
Architecture: amd64
Version: 6.1-1ubuntu1
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: 283
Depends: libtinfo5 (= 6.1-1ubuntu1), libc6 (>= 2.14)
Recommends: libgpm2
Filename: pool/main/n/ncurses/libncurses5_6.1-1ubuntu1_amd64.deb
Size: 95192
MD5sum: 3dff5f928ab0bed01394242bf13c2c5b
SHA1: 4e754e94ec54621adf2b3ce2520efb7c7935822c
SHA256: b69ad5d86af94dd5efdc9e8ba4cb48713fdc5ad1b9824a82318aa189e3eeb7cd
Homepage: https://invisible-island.net/ncurses/
Description: shared libraries for terminal handling
Description-md5: 599cbbcff16d09b3b4643d84f37643fd
Task: minimal
Supported: 5y