How to Install and Uninstall libncurses6 Package on Ubuntu 23.10 (Mantic Minotaur)

Last updated: February 24,2025

1. Install "libncurses6" package

Please follow the step by step instructions below to install libncurses6 on Ubuntu 23.10 (Mantic Minotaur)


    
        
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                sudo apt update
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
                libncurses6
            
                    
    
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2. Uninstall "libncurses6" package

In this section, we are going to explain the necessary steps to uninstall libncurses6 on Ubuntu 23.10 (Mantic Minotaur):


    
        
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                sudo apt remove
            
                        
                libncurses6
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the libncurses6 package on Ubuntu 23.10 (Mantic Minotaur)

Package: libncurses6
Architecture: amd64
Version: 6.4+20230625-2
Multi-Arch: same
Priority: standard
Section: libs
Source: ncurses
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Ncurses Maintainers
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 338
Depends: libtinfo6 (= 6.4+20230625-2), libc6 (>= 2.34)
Recommends: libgpm2
Breaks: cowdancer (<< 0.89~)
Filename: pool/main/n/ncurses/libncurses6_6.4+20230625-2_amd64.deb
Size: 111906
MD5sum: bf3af2cc3b96d8a16bdbbc98be34a3b7
SHA1: f01d5aa2c481a6a52d93d3a40bbf000292802763
SHA256: a3aaa663383a0f730297e194d805503a15c3e2089db2e6264525784a47423173
SHA512: bbb28b8a396cff9ed560d192863249e3d907eb7781b342989fb9d659831a9c9422a407c1623a2cf1752f6ba43d9b63b81eb4bd8c5a49fb846164fa6d0c3f6e64
Homepage: https://invisible-island.net/ncurses/
Description: shared libraries for terminal handling
Description-md5: 599cbbcff16d09b3b4643d84f37643fd
Task: standard