How to Install and Uninstall libncurses5 Package on Ubuntu 22.10 (Kinetic Kudu)

Last updated: December 23,2024

1. Install "libncurses5" package

This tutorial shows how to install libncurses5 on Ubuntu 22.10 (Kinetic Kudu)


    
        
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                sudo apt update
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
                libncurses5
            
                    
    
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2. Uninstall "libncurses5" package

This tutorial shows how to uninstall libncurses5 on Ubuntu 22.10 (Kinetic Kudu):


    
        
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                sudo apt remove
            
                        
                libncurses5
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the libncurses5 package on Ubuntu 22.10 (Kinetic Kudu)

Package: libncurses5
Architecture: amd64
Version: 6.3+20220423-2
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: 318
Depends: libtinfo5 (= 6.3+20220423-2), libc6 (>= 2.34)
Recommends: libgpm2
Filename: pool/universe/n/ncurses/libncurses5_6.3+20220423-2_amd64.deb
Size: 105822
MD5sum: b098033ff919114499921fb895d19741
SHA1: 105da5a91333d581239290ad609fd79effa35a5a
SHA256: 8e66e76d8743b3db13a2587fde3f560845f00964b1277423fb7776481a50de03
SHA512: 7663e891c732ac2560e07686e9ef89f0018319b79fbb243678d8cd2b4ea879a39229254ff060ab6383e9c2e66f4a0609a8977960b007b5eba39d29a7682810cd
Homepage: https://invisible-island.net/ncurses/
Description: shared libraries for terminal handling (legacy version)
Description-md5: d2741d94112e4fab829e84113efab968