How to Install and Uninstall libncursesw6 Package on Ubuntu 22.04 LTS (Jammy Jellyfish)

Last updated: December 29,2024

You can also install and uninstall the libncursesw6 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 "libncursesw6" package

Learn how to install libncursesw6 on Ubuntu 22.04 LTS (Jammy Jellyfish)


    
        
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                sudo apt update
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
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2. Uninstall "libncursesw6" package

Learn how to uninstall libncursesw6 on Ubuntu 22.04 LTS (Jammy Jellyfish):


    
        
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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 libncursesw6 package on Ubuntu 22.04 LTS (Jammy Jellyfish)

Package: libncursesw6
Architecture: amd64
Version: 6.3-2ubuntu0.1
Multi-Arch: same
Priority: required
Section: libs
Source: ncurses
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Craig Small
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 422
Depends: libtinfo6 (= 6.3-2ubuntu0.1), libc6 (>= 2.34)
Recommends: libgpm2
Filename: pool/main/n/ncurses/libncursesw6_6.3-2ubuntu0.1_amd64.deb
Size: 147494
MD5sum: a591b042b542dfa260b09576fe6d8195
SHA1: 1bccf0e548b1c9bc2237265419e85b6a48d881af
SHA256: 88e5178ccdd4317e263dbe03db1a54a6e35ae1f1fd057585655c2b06ab487f6e
SHA512: d7ff93ffdff1e41f3cfcd219b6e294f827b6b2f7c239e1108ef3fcd8cd67dae148d040f31f51521f20cec4f063d41f182752c61fafdb1299d93991b24dd02059
Homepage: https://invisible-island.net/ncurses/
Description: shared libraries for terminal handling (wide character support)
Description-md5: 1a69a793355bf1fff9186f00b71dd14a
Task: minimal, server-minimal

Package: libncursesw6
Architecture: amd64
Version: 6.3-2
Multi-Arch: same
Priority: required
Section: libs
Source: ncurses
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Craig Small
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 422
Depends: libtinfo6 (= 6.3-2), libc6 (>= 2.34)
Recommends: libgpm2
Filename: pool/main/n/ncurses/libncursesw6_6.3-2_amd64.deb
Size: 149304
MD5sum: 8a4a8b691b950846f2d8bc80eba862be
SHA1: f4762a334984ced3cbdcf42d06f6049fc1ed01ae
SHA256: 6a14772d23e6068d0deea408aa92a2d97f6829e601737586fe3ec416a8e0ba29
SHA512: e906ea1c4f81f7da1a3defaf63e1574abe1d687bbf1091f30115f095e3051447602627e82040dd2babc74f7c4a108b7128316726b0ffb48c8d09586c17f05aa5
Homepage: https://invisible-island.net/ncurses/
Description: shared libraries for terminal handling (wide character support)
Description-md5: 1a69a793355bf1fff9186f00b71dd14a
Task: minimal, server-minimal