How to Install and Uninstall libncurses-dev Package on Ubuntu 21.04 (Hirsute Hippo)

Last updated: December 26,2024

1. Install "libncurses-dev" package

Learn how to install libncurses-dev on Ubuntu 21.04 (Hirsute Hippo)


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

Please follow the guidance below to uninstall libncurses-dev on Ubuntu 21.04 (Hirsute Hippo):


    
        
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                sudo apt remove
            
                        
                libncurses-dev
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the libncurses-dev package on Ubuntu 21.04 (Hirsute Hippo)

Package: libncurses-dev
Architecture: amd64
Version: 6.2+20201114-2build1
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: 2356
Provides: libncurses5-dev (= 6.2+20201114-2build1), libncursesw5-dev (= 6.2+20201114-2build1), libtinfo-dev (= 6.2+20201114-2build1), ncurses-dev
Depends: libtinfo6 (= 6.2+20201114-2build1), libncurses6 (= 6.2+20201114-2build1), libncursesw6 (= 6.2+20201114-2build1), 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+20201114-2build1_amd64.deb
Size: 343688
MD5sum: 490371b8d3a4f3efcef183861313fb73
SHA1: e776bb5bfc404d50d50daa588bc080d0067786b4
SHA256: b2e6cc105f27a92c27be00fb70a890122009ee0203fb499da64edec09a46203e
SHA512: e6df73f45ade1a5dab2adb6876ec90634fef3f83d8a334cf0b351847d1e7ea9aeca61f7cf2c454d3cf17ba8035476ee63e9c2bc474ec183509fb5a88904f5488
Homepage: https://invisible-island.net/ncurses/
Description-en: developer's libraries for ncurses
The ncurses library routines are a terminal-independent method of
updating character screens with reasonable optimization.
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This package contains the header files, static libraries
and symbolic links that developers using ncurses will need.
Description-md5: 38da502b304ea3ed5ff1e12d072d14a8