How to Install and Uninstall libncurses-dev Package on Ubuntu 20.04 LTS (Focal Fossa)

Last updated: December 26,2024

1. Install "libncurses-dev" package

Please follow the guidelines below to install libncurses-dev on Ubuntu 20.04 LTS (Focal Fossa)


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

Here is a brief guide to show you how to uninstall libncurses-dev on Ubuntu 20.04 LTS (Focal Fossa):


    
        
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the libncurses-dev package on Ubuntu 20.04 LTS (Focal Fossa)

Package: libncurses-dev
Architecture: amd64
Version: 6.2-0ubuntu2.1
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: 2342
Provides: libncurses5-dev, libncursesw5-dev, libtinfo-dev, ncurses-dev
Depends: libtinfo6 (= 6.2-0ubuntu2.1), libncurses6 (= 6.2-0ubuntu2.1), libncursesw6 (= 6.2-0ubuntu2.1), libc6-dev | libc-dev, ncurses-bin (>= 6.0+20151017)
Suggests: ncurses-doc
Conflicts: ncurses-dev
Breaks: libncurses5-dev (<< 6.1+20180210), libncursesw5-dev (<< 6.1+20180210), libtinfo-dev (<< 6.1+20180210)
Replaces: libncurses5-dev (<< 6.1+20180210), libncursesw5-dev (<< 6.1+20180210), libtinfo-dev (<< 6.1+20180210), ncurses-bin (<< 6.0+20151017), ncurses-dev
Filename: pool/main/n/ncurses/libncurses-dev_6.2-0ubuntu2.1_amd64.deb
Size: 339652
MD5sum: fb7794950bcc7f3e49f69e40878c6cdc
SHA1: 58e91dbc30c2803cd54adbbecfa727656fbfb12d
SHA256: 960dd220384df010d6afc56183312cfeb92c2d316138627e81a52e40a0a56b0e
SHA512: b546ad250dfdcb5df012b703233b3931ba3ee46e5bc736200623a898c0521e6e1e5021f73898e34ad9481609f9f8c0c487e62f41cdf68e4800488f57782a9de7
Homepage: https://invisible-island.net/ncurses/
Description: developer's libraries for ncurses
Description-md5: 38da502b304ea3ed5ff1e12d072d14a8

Package: libncurses-dev
Architecture: amd64
Version: 6.2-0ubuntu2
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: 2341
Provides: libncurses5-dev, libncursesw5-dev, libtinfo-dev, ncurses-dev
Depends: libtinfo6 (= 6.2-0ubuntu2), libncurses6 (= 6.2-0ubuntu2), libncursesw6 (= 6.2-0ubuntu2), libc6-dev | libc-dev, ncurses-bin (>= 6.0+20151017)
Suggests: ncurses-doc
Conflicts: ncurses-dev
Breaks: libncurses5-dev (<< 6.1+20180210), libncursesw5-dev (<< 6.1+20180210), libtinfo-dev (<< 6.1+20180210)
Replaces: libncurses5-dev (<< 6.1+20180210), libncursesw5-dev (<< 6.1+20180210), libtinfo-dev (<< 6.1+20180210), ncurses-bin (<< 6.0+20151017), ncurses-dev
Filename: pool/main/n/ncurses/libncurses-dev_6.2-0ubuntu2_amd64.deb
Size: 339376
MD5sum: e4653e1c9ed224fb98e7960cc4071480
SHA1: eca3ff530b7f2f3e34d670e567751a139f45aa28
SHA256: baf18159817c17df6da4b67d5b34c39fb9804155f663a6f445cb34b2437e111e
Homepage: https://invisible-island.net/ncurses/
Description: developer's libraries for ncurses
Description-md5: 38da502b304ea3ed5ff1e12d072d14a8