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

Last updated: December 23,2024

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

This tutorial shows how to install libncursesw5-dev on Ubuntu 22.04 LTS (Jammy Jellyfish)


    
        
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2. Uninstall "libncursesw5-dev" package

This guide covers the steps necessary to uninstall libncursesw5-dev on Ubuntu 22.04 LTS (Jammy Jellyfish):


    
        
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3. Information about the libncursesw5-dev package on Ubuntu 22.04 LTS (Jammy Jellyfish)

Package: libncursesw5-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/libncursesw5-dev_6.3-2ubuntu0.1_amd64.deb
Size: 790
MD5sum: 09efc698bb5421363cf830af32b4cd5d
SHA1: a7a67761dfde93feb749f4d65f2ead69c086f91e
SHA256: cf01935ba227f9af41fa3edf412743534502bc6bc1e557675e5c970cf8e51f9e
SHA512: 8d16944e78e7149b57a9d6c578ec13084569e0fd3a59812d58ff54aa3841f50a082d4ffac83949d1b0ae0f22ecb38705c1f5d5ef7596e25804260c03e8552119
Homepage: https://invisible-island.net/ncurses/
Description: transitional package for libncurses-dev
Description-md5: ed531f645dd8873ee0c0959611138d19

Package: libncursesw5-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/libncursesw5-dev_6.3-2_amd64.deb
Size: 784
MD5sum: 5814ef700b8ca7ba176a2f47387576f6
SHA1: 7dc55ba2abd86aca3581ec160bc5137fd7a46396
SHA256: 0ec2052c2c37d07282602b1f1f3a4fe9366782b2d87058c9202a25091fe19f46
SHA512: e704efea729b555dd087e859259049d44ac45768e5d54d8c46a5f8f2b23ccbf00132be3c6cba0fda126e7b4b1f6e626e2869dc6cb21e682290f32b018c22c853
Homepage: https://invisible-island.net/ncurses/
Description: transitional package for libncurses-dev
Description-md5: ed531f645dd8873ee0c0959611138d19