How to Install and Uninstall libncurses5-dev Package on Ubuntu 22.04 LTS (Jammy Jellyfish)

Last updated: December 23,2024

You can also install and uninstall the libncurses5-dev 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 "libncurses5-dev" package

Please follow the instructions below to install libncurses5-dev on Ubuntu 22.04 LTS (Jammy Jellyfish)


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

This is a short guide on how to uninstall libncurses5-dev 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 libncurses5-dev package on Ubuntu 22.04 LTS (Jammy Jellyfish)

Package: libncurses5-dev
Architecture: amd64
Version: 6.3-2ubuntu0.1
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 (= 6.3-2ubuntu0.1), libncurses-dev (= 6.3-2ubuntu0.1)
Filename: pool/main/n/ncurses/libncurses5-dev_6.3-2ubuntu0.1_amd64.deb
Size: 790
MD5sum: d9e1c39cb2e0b6c29d1355d848b3682f
SHA1: aec91631833de83be00337f2a7e6f2d5be9ff9ed
SHA256: 889f3fa386cd8beaecc536719f7601b4525b1ece4f152126c66a33613cf80560
SHA512: 45ebe3946093b5d383cf21c9c17691ad178f74d151c2657f4947de81377d073ad568399727a89e1e9d1350bfc007d2aae665c736082046353344f7b98d769302
Homepage: https://invisible-island.net/ncurses/
Description: transitional package for libncurses-dev
Description-md5: ed531f645dd8873ee0c0959611138d19

Package: libncurses5-dev
Architecture: amd64
Version: 6.3-2
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 (= 6.3-2), libncurses-dev (= 6.3-2)
Filename: pool/main/n/ncurses/libncurses5-dev_6.3-2_amd64.deb
Size: 780
MD5sum: a4bf0f0dd159145c080d2d472a863f7e
SHA1: b13e21ab2d41bd1d84c75ed7cce7b22a338b7428
SHA256: b8a8d89a7b6263924c568438ee2e6cd8c17100146a9c7b0295f0d8c39bc8e985
SHA512: 0f87f44e6d6a1358d3726c6d7f8589975640d00b32408ea6125858aa8be3351057694f01638afe4ea7cb1a4aaa7d1754b0c16240ecbb14aa62a1629d42242c5c
Homepage: https://invisible-island.net/ncurses/
Description: transitional package for libncurses-dev
Description-md5: ed531f645dd8873ee0c0959611138d19