How to Install and Uninstall libncurses5-dev Package on Ubuntu 21.04 (Hirsute Hippo)

Last updated: May 17,2024

1. Install "libncurses5-dev" package

Please follow the guidelines below to install libncurses5-dev on Ubuntu 21.04 (Hirsute Hippo)


    
        
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                sudo apt update
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
                libncurses5-dev
            
                    
    
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2. Uninstall "libncurses5-dev" package

Please follow the guidance below to uninstall libncurses5-dev on Ubuntu 21.04 (Hirsute Hippo):


    
        
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                sudo apt remove
            
                        
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the libncurses5-dev package on Ubuntu 21.04 (Hirsute Hippo)

Package: libncurses5-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: 6
Depends: libtinfo6 (= 6.2+20201114-2build1), libncurses-dev (= 6.2+20201114-2build1)
Filename: pool/main/n/ncurses/libncurses5-dev_6.2+20201114-2build1_amd64.deb
Size: 996
MD5sum: 10769b185dccd8266c1b38a0d74e48de
SHA1: 4654389842fe2e20f60ce816b64091054a83f45c
SHA256: 8dc4320fd64732ae59b6e2e883320af3beff0e1ebaa1ab13620f32730dccc679
SHA512: c0ee4ff8b41eae3c296faec1383924d897df461adc8e0fd42559b878c039b1aa278ec5dbc13b7c6b2c067f7988c92735d0f80b579e32479ca6bd24d7dc047214
Homepage: https://invisible-island.net/ncurses/
Description-en: transitional package for libncurses-dev
This is a transitional package that can safely be removed.
Description-md5: ed531f645dd8873ee0c0959611138d19