How to Install and Uninstall ncurses-base Package on Ubuntu 23.10 (Mantic Minotaur)

Last updated: December 23,2024

1. Install "ncurses-base" package

Learn how to install ncurses-base on Ubuntu 23.10 (Mantic Minotaur)


    
        
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                sudo apt update
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
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2. Uninstall "ncurses-base" package

This guide covers the steps necessary to uninstall ncurses-base on Ubuntu 23.10 (Mantic Minotaur):


    
        
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the ncurses-base package on Ubuntu 23.10 (Mantic Minotaur)

Package: ncurses-base
Architecture: all
Version: 6.4+20230625-2
Multi-Arch: foreign
Priority: required
Essential: yes
Section: utils
Source: ncurses
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Ncurses Maintainers
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 381
Provides: ncurses-runtime
Breaks: cryptsetup-initramfs (<< 2:2.6.1), ncurses-term (<< 6.4+20230625), neovim (<< 0.6.0), vim-common (<< 2:9.0.1000-2)
Replaces: ncurses-term (<< 6.4+20230603)
Filename: pool/main/n/ncurses/ncurses-base_6.4+20230625-2_all.deb
Size: 24518
MD5sum: 4673fbc54f91730c675c4216dea1807c
SHA1: b5cdcc1095797aafa6d156e409c45eed53ebd711
SHA256: a287faf652c07dbf04232f0a5f93251a5556664425ddf8574796dbabc11e3a60
SHA512: b6260b9e1f6582dfeabce41276b0613476326b0491307dc5446c7a6aa18cabc0e9efd86b1d478772abc2a48c5fda69a54ddabaa477077f1b945426fd0e064d23
Homepage: https://invisible-island.net/ncurses/
Description: basic terminal type definitions
Description-md5: 2cbef17322c0de7f007682de54ca0d4a
Task: minimal