How to Install and Uninstall lib64ncursesw6 Package on Ubuntu 20.04 LTS (Focal Fossa)

Last updated: May 19,2024

1. Install "lib64ncursesw6" package

Please follow the steps below to install lib64ncursesw6 on Ubuntu 20.04 LTS (Focal Fossa)

$ sudo apt update $ sudo apt install lib64ncursesw6

2. Uninstall "lib64ncursesw6" package

This tutorial shows how to uninstall lib64ncursesw6 on Ubuntu 20.04 LTS (Focal Fossa):

$ sudo apt remove lib64ncursesw6 $ sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove

3. Information about the lib64ncursesw6 package on Ubuntu 20.04 LTS (Focal Fossa)

Package: lib64ncursesw6
Architecture: i386
Version: 6.2-0ubuntu2
Priority: optional
Section: libs
Source: ncurses
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Craig Small
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 416
Depends: lib64tinfo6 (= 6.2-0ubuntu2), libc6-amd64 (>= 2.14)
Filename: pool/main/n/ncurses/lib64ncursesw6_6.2-0ubuntu2_i386.deb
Size: 131560
MD5sum: 24e61cdd9ea7d80554c2c30645664bb9
SHA1: b1653194888f61e6792a9e18ff892d05a8a84086
SHA256: 2b5bbd9369db2f5c04363272eebd0d7140e1eac4cd8c19d7f4a12a5031448b30
Homepage: https://invisible-island.net/ncurses/
Description-en: shared libraries for terminal handling (wide character support) (64-bit)
The ncurses library routines are a terminal-independent method of
updating character screens with reasonable optimization.
.
This package contains the shared libraries necessary to run programs
compiled with ncursesw, which includes support for wide characters.
.
This package supports the 64-bit ABI variant of your system's
architecture.
Description-md5: 94c037ab6277b9b2f729f2befd5b98ba