How to Install and Uninstall libncursesw5 Package on Ubuntu 18.04 LTS (Bionic Beaver)

Last updated: May 12,2024

1. Install "libncursesw5" package

This is a short guide on how to install libncursesw5 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 "libncursesw5" package

This is a short guide on how to uninstall libncursesw5 on Ubuntu 18.04 LTS (Bionic Beaver):


    
        
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                sudo apt remove
            
                        
                libncursesw5
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the libncursesw5 package on Ubuntu 18.04 LTS (Bionic Beaver)

Package: libncursesw5
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: 343
Depends: libtinfo5 (= 6.1-1ubuntu1.18.04), libc6 (>= 2.14)
Recommends: libgpm2
Filename: pool/main/n/ncurses/libncursesw5_6.1-1ubuntu1.18.04_amd64.deb
Size: 117240
MD5sum: 2a06faec8a1d1a2f8eafd19e99938832
SHA1: 22f657323c67fcab32d14cec7c81a1b13b98eb06
SHA256: d1a7a32fe88181d6f5adf7c52cb981359aa35b01bdbbf7218ddc240a4fdabd87
SHA512: 784957959e5d2c68d111f2770c15f9d8449509bd1ea9352b25196bf217d260c363440729cea02651cfb09b2f986fd035f233f209c4faa1bc075e41b7d3104a7e
Homepage: https://invisible-island.net/ncurses/
Description: shared libraries for terminal handling (wide character support)
Description-md5: 1a69a793355bf1fff9186f00b71dd14a
Task: minimal
Supported: 5y

Package: libncursesw5
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: 343
Depends: libtinfo5 (= 6.1-1ubuntu1), libc6 (>= 2.14)
Recommends: libgpm2
Filename: pool/main/n/ncurses/libncursesw5_6.1-1ubuntu1_amd64.deb
Size: 117236
MD5sum: c84c24c4ae9dd35453c09285e333472a
SHA1: ba54bbb8b9414c97091bae899e60d06b61d532e2
SHA256: 42eab84ee1a355a8a7cc1b53785040affafd766fe56c5f7101ee4e8393a88c6a
Homepage: https://invisible-island.net/ncurses/
Description: shared libraries for terminal handling (wide character support)
Description-md5: 1a69a793355bf1fff9186f00b71dd14a
Task: minimal
Supported: 5y