How to Install and Uninstall libncursesw5 Package on Ubuntu 22.04 LTS (Jammy Jellyfish)

Last updated: May 16,2024

You can also install and uninstall the libncursesw5 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 "libncursesw5" package

This guide covers the steps necessary to install libncursesw5 on Ubuntu 22.04 LTS (Jammy Jellyfish)


    
        
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
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2. Uninstall "libncursesw5" package

Please follow the guidelines below to uninstall libncursesw5 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 libncursesw5 package on Ubuntu 22.04 LTS (Jammy Jellyfish)

Package: libncursesw5
Architecture: amd64
Version: 6.3-2ubuntu0.1
Multi-Arch: same
Priority: optional
Section: universe/libs
Source: ncurses
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Craig Small
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 382
Depends: libtinfo5 (= 6.3-2ubuntu0.1), libc6 (>= 2.34)
Recommends: libgpm2
Filename: pool/universe/n/ncurses/libncursesw5_6.3-2ubuntu0.1_amd64.deb
Size: 133716
MD5sum: f2c219b0284aa59433d47af3ad9fc73e
SHA1: 508a5fd697719ad7b49a3e790fc96cc458748690
SHA256: 79c73a9e0def53565b08494fb558c553920c1188b8b95ed2ae51846827c24ba5
SHA512: b880092eb066078aec99844fc889a4b59454cd3f67dc709c59339a46a961205bf34ee57a47303aa40d80ecc8fde0cac6b429e7333eaef2a50cf605c6691f19fd
Homepage: https://invisible-island.net/ncurses/
Description: shared libraries for terminal handling (wide character legacy version)
Description-md5: cdcff7ef64be4d2080a4f12e88e7a43e

Package: libncursesw5
Architecture: amd64
Version: 6.3-2
Multi-Arch: same
Priority: optional
Section: universe/libs
Source: ncurses
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Craig Small
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 382
Depends: libtinfo5 (= 6.3-2), libc6 (>= 2.34)
Recommends: libgpm2
Filename: pool/universe/n/ncurses/libncursesw5_6.3-2_amd64.deb
Size: 133730
MD5sum: 2f760e92e2a507202beb47aad3a3dcc9
SHA1: 7963a5167b62e77822c3395a3bf0c79a840849f2
SHA256: 2cfb737d61b4243846ba3f8d70dac7307fab355aa43cbd2cb9d023bf8d606a5c
SHA512: 1396eb11caddbfa7f7dde78ee667ef88ad8f7d0401ed3d8c9142d112b1705c32743f1283d673f3294991e9aef4adbcda7ca23a0b78fc83e70686b67f52e7d360
Homepage: https://invisible-island.net/ncurses/
Description: shared libraries for terminal handling (wide character legacy version)
Description-md5: cdcff7ef64be4d2080a4f12e88e7a43e