How to Install and Uninstall lib64ncurses6 Package on Ubuntu 22.04 LTS (Jammy Jellyfish)

Last updated: May 19,2024

Deprecated! Installation of this package may no longer be supported.

You can also install and uninstall the lib64ncurses6 on the following distributions in the same way, as they are all based on the Ubuntu system

Kubuntu 22.04 LTS
Lubuntu 22.04 LTS
Xubuntu 22.04 LTS
Ubuntu MATE 22.04 LTS
Ubuntu Studio 22.04 LTS
Pop!_OS 22.04 LTS
Zorin OS 16 / Zorin OS 17
Ubuntu Budgie 22.04

1. Install "lib64ncurses6" package

This tutorial shows how to install lib64ncurses6 on Ubuntu 22.04 LTS (Jammy Jellyfish)


    
        
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
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2. Uninstall "lib64ncurses6" package

Please follow the instructions below to uninstall lib64ncurses6 on Ubuntu 22.04 LTS (Jammy Jellyfish):


    
        
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the lib64ncurses6 package on Ubuntu 22.04 LTS (Jammy Jellyfish)

Package: lib64ncurses6
Architecture: i386
Version: 6.3-1
Priority: optional
Section: libs
Source: ncurses
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Craig Small
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 331
Depends: lib64tinfo6 (= 6.3-1), libc6-amd64 (>= 2.14)
Filename: pool/main/n/ncurses/lib64ncurses6_6.3-1_i386.deb
Size: 109274
MD5sum: 5b52850f87d48373543e0c84386108d2
SHA1: 84f31534d57c4ab821eb4e2945847ac171ab9cdd
SHA256: c60ad1b85a0ac2a796b5b14e31b137032a814b98e7d245933960461ab7136eab
SHA512: 0f6bc7c0b4088f875655c9ff7ca38df936f136e83975a21cbb7c684c77a73518ea25ed05729aa05cad3413a3ffca02cdcd5c2c33e58fce36068a7ab7ba826d75
Homepage: https://invisible-island.net/ncurses/
Description-en: shared libraries for terminal handling (64-bit)
The ncurses library routines are a terminal-independent method of
updating character screens with reasonable optimization.
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This package contains the shared libraries necessary to run programs
compiled with ncurses.
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This package supports the 64-bit ABI variant of your system's
architecture.
Description-md5: b8bc33d7762cd795ba47795e882f7c30