How to Install and Uninstall ncurses-base Package on Ubuntu 18.04 LTS (Bionic Beaver)

Last updated: January 11,2025

1. Install "ncurses-base" package

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


    
        
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                sudo apt update
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
                ncurses-base
            
                    
    
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2. Uninstall "ncurses-base" package

Please follow the instructions below to uninstall ncurses-base on Ubuntu 18.04 LTS (Bionic Beaver):


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

Package: ncurses-base
Architecture: all
Version: 6.1-1ubuntu1.18.04
Multi-Arch: foreign
Priority: required
Essential: yes
Section: utils
Source: ncurses
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Craig Small
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 364
Provides: ncurses-runtime
Breaks: ncurses-term (<< 5.7+20100313-3)
Filename: pool/main/n/ncurses/ncurses-base_6.1-1ubuntu1.18.04_all.deb
Size: 17820
MD5sum: dc797d806e29450d065f070329fe890b
SHA1: 9c654c52623c7fbc2810e60c280d339f19a17ed4
SHA256: a96e3fa61cc0f8a119cf8de40f6b22ffc21d9a333fbafde7917bd38236222658
SHA512: b79a1e90bb9500bcf815abe8d5d9bab76e06e4964a03615afc07593aa687d26de14be080f76e999ca54a946126301a57f60e3b8559673cc44d6b739d0a7740e7
Homepage: https://invisible-island.net/ncurses/
Description: basic terminal type definitions
Description-md5: 2cbef17322c0de7f007682de54ca0d4a
Task: minimal
Supported: 5y

Package: ncurses-base
Architecture: all
Version: 6.1-1ubuntu1
Multi-Arch: foreign
Priority: required
Essential: yes
Section: utils
Source: ncurses
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Craig Small
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 356
Provides: ncurses-runtime
Breaks: ncurses-term (<< 5.7+20100313-3)
Filename: pool/main/n/ncurses/ncurses-base_6.1-1ubuntu1_all.deb
Size: 17348
MD5sum: b8c8e9e8e0c8d10c3c0bf492a7475aa0
SHA1: c964997409ad8c2c86abb8d3e1e953b5d919993c
SHA256: f0e538533e9a5375be5eaeb3cb353c66cabb1089a386a600b1d3fde58b2fcd8b
Homepage: https://invisible-island.net/ncurses/
Description: basic terminal type definitions
Description-md5: 2cbef17322c0de7f007682de54ca0d4a
Task: minimal
Supported: 5y