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

Last updated: May 12,2024

1. Install "libncurses5-dev" package

In this section, we are going to explain the necessary steps to install libncurses5-dev on Ubuntu 18.04 LTS (Bionic Beaver)


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

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


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

Package: libncurses5-dev
Architecture: amd64
Version: 6.1-1ubuntu1.18.04
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: 993
Provides: libncurses-dev, ncurses-dev
Depends: libtinfo5 (= 6.1-1ubuntu1.18.04), libncurses5 (= 6.1-1ubuntu1.18.04), libtinfo-dev (= 6.1-1ubuntu1.18.04), libc6-dev | libc-dev
Suggests: ncurses-doc
Conflicts: libncurses-dev, ncurses-dev
Replaces: libncurses-dev, ncurses-bin (<< 6.0+20151017), ncurses-dev
Filename: pool/main/n/ncurses/libncurses5-dev_6.1-1ubuntu1.18.04_amd64.deb
Size: 174400
MD5sum: 1feeddc110c0aaf3f9b4774c292c7d91
SHA1: 356505575f41d3ef4d4e5ddb72f9d2df1716b364
SHA256: c8ac2258738f3f7092c415c504227eefa6eb00fc914d8ce5319b46365062b757
SHA512: 7b752c10cf212caee07969ecfeb119dcdf2eff1585334f1e1029425c5b321e266cd3d65068dab413079a37f6a2583c52a56243a0f88010afd517b8e1adb3724d
Homepage: https://invisible-island.net/ncurses/
Description: developer's libraries for ncurses
Description-md5: 38da502b304ea3ed5ff1e12d072d14a8
Supported: 5y

Package: libncurses5-dev
Architecture: amd64
Version: 6.1-1ubuntu1
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: 993
Provides: libncurses-dev, ncurses-dev
Depends: libtinfo5 (= 6.1-1ubuntu1), libncurses5 (= 6.1-1ubuntu1), libtinfo-dev (= 6.1-1ubuntu1), libc6-dev | libc-dev
Suggests: ncurses-doc
Conflicts: libncurses-dev, ncurses-dev
Replaces: libncurses-dev, ncurses-bin (<< 6.0+20151017), ncurses-dev
Filename: pool/main/n/ncurses/libncurses5-dev_6.1-1ubuntu1_amd64.deb
Size: 174444
MD5sum: f131bb91830952f408228af2249d3f04
SHA1: e607627a0898dfe2c2bbbd0e4160230ed365776f
SHA256: 8e3874168a511af4c51f07b82c7c60e7df005ef0d04c80419678403fb164568c
Homepage: https://invisible-island.net/ncurses/
Description: developer's libraries for ncurses
Description-md5: 38da502b304ea3ed5ff1e12d072d14a8
Supported: 5y