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

Last updated: April 30,2024

1. Install "libncursesw5-dev" package

This guide let you learn how to install libncursesw5-dev on Ubuntu 18.04 LTS (Bionic Beaver)


    
        
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
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2. Uninstall "libncursesw5-dev" package

Please follow the guidance below to uninstall libncursesw5-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 libncursesw5-dev package on Ubuntu 18.04 LTS (Bionic Beaver)

Package: libncursesw5-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: 1112
Depends: libtinfo5 (= 6.1-1ubuntu1.18.04), libncursesw5 (= 6.1-1ubuntu1.18.04), libtinfo-dev (= 6.1-1ubuntu1.18.04), libc6-dev | libc-dev
Suggests: ncurses-doc
Replaces: ncurses-bin (<< 6.0+20151017)
Filename: pool/main/n/ncurses/libncursesw5-dev_6.1-1ubuntu1.18.04_amd64.deb
Size: 199464
MD5sum: a37c52aef57964dd8a0bca2b164929ca
SHA1: 5784e32fb6428e596dc101db4acb574bd874fc25
SHA256: 42af25610520f9e3b2caad52e3a4e30d4eb7affa22cf90e602fe48b78aeb4c96
SHA512: 93355302bf2492344aadcb591049848bc3d5f03b9ce784140d448d4119126d01bdc1df80d3b2e288c96709e4f0dc921a004984acfe3844c99ed785e1cbb8c762
Homepage: https://invisible-island.net/ncurses/
Description: developer's libraries for ncursesw
Description-md5: 7cb791804adf3d6ce56ac2845116e8fd
Supported: 5y

Package: libncursesw5-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: 1112
Depends: libtinfo5 (= 6.1-1ubuntu1), libncursesw5 (= 6.1-1ubuntu1), libtinfo-dev (= 6.1-1ubuntu1), libc6-dev | libc-dev
Suggests: ncurses-doc
Replaces: ncurses-bin (<< 6.0+20151017)
Filename: pool/main/n/ncurses/libncursesw5-dev_6.1-1ubuntu1_amd64.deb
Size: 199464
MD5sum: 427d3aea944aa59a51e4ac1f3fa5c72b
SHA1: ba73d58b651b1e50c7645cbf7fdf92c6a3fb5be5
SHA256: ddd0bbb55c000444c1c3fb0f4aca3493ac2b4bd105c6f0060762fe812842463d
Homepage: https://invisible-island.net/ncurses/
Description: developer's libraries for ncursesw
Description-md5: 7cb791804adf3d6ce56ac2845116e8fd
Supported: 5y