How to Install and Uninstall libncurses5-dev Package on Ubuntu 20.04 LTS (Focal Fossa)

Last updated: December 23,2024

1. Install "libncurses5-dev" package

This tutorial shows how to install libncurses5-dev on Ubuntu 20.04 LTS (Focal Fossa)

$ sudo apt update $ sudo apt install libncurses5-dev

2. Uninstall "libncurses5-dev" package

This tutorial shows how to uninstall libncurses5-dev on Ubuntu 20.04 LTS (Focal Fossa):

$ sudo apt remove libncurses5-dev $ sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove

3. Information about the libncurses5-dev package on Ubuntu 20.04 LTS (Focal Fossa)

Package: libncurses5-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: 6
Depends: libtinfo6 (= 6.2-0ubuntu2.1), libncurses-dev (= 6.2-0ubuntu2.1)
Filename: pool/main/n/ncurses/libncurses5-dev_6.2-0ubuntu2.1_amd64.deb
Size: 984
MD5sum: 032a58d49dbfcba403361667c79770ce
SHA1: f27081767da01ed8d77c88a8efba8b57eb107434
SHA256: 4ae2b1a79e15c0268cdb9c08d10b7be0053d18bff854765e36811848e20fc257
SHA512: d1dcde5598d26ff42afa325ce3b725b3fb600172e5e44e5fc95f867c4218ffe1e81a16c653dd8331655bf47ff25a0d49e879674a8bf6de5a6abaf09d92e71bc8
Homepage: https://invisible-island.net/ncurses/
Description: transitional package for libncurses-dev
Description-md5: ed531f645dd8873ee0c0959611138d19

Package: libncurses5-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: 6
Depends: libtinfo6 (= 6.2-0ubuntu2), libncurses-dev (= 6.2-0ubuntu2)
Filename: pool/main/n/ncurses/libncurses5-dev_6.2-0ubuntu2_amd64.deb
Size: 976
MD5sum: 5c374b0f5ff69eef20ac5794b072d6f3
SHA1: 556fd5d27ef490fd4ded1d6efa90af85362c422d
SHA256: 69e8a2aaf668e6f58f79db9494a10b94fc82fc00d7b6c80ed3c036fa0420f53b
Homepage: https://invisible-island.net/ncurses/
Description: transitional package for libncurses-dev
Description-md5: ed531f645dd8873ee0c0959611138d19