How to Install and Uninstall lib32ncurses5 Package on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)

Last updated: May 17,2024

1. Install "lib32ncurses5" package

This guide covers the steps necessary to install lib32ncurses5 on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)

$ sudo apt update $ sudo apt install lib32ncurses5

2. Uninstall "lib32ncurses5" package

Here is a brief guide to show you how to uninstall lib32ncurses5 on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus):

$ sudo apt remove lib32ncurses5 $ sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove

3. Information about the lib32ncurses5 package on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)

Package: lib32ncurses5
Priority: optional
Section: libs
Installed-Size: 287
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Craig Small
Architecture: amd64
Source: ncurses
Version: 6.0+20160213-1ubuntu1
Replaces: ia32-libs (<< 1.10)
Depends: lib32tinfo5 (= 6.0+20160213-1ubuntu1), libc6-i386 (>= 2.4)
Filename: pool/main/n/ncurses/lib32ncurses5_6.0+20160213-1ubuntu1_amd64.deb
Size: 99524
MD5sum: 9058e4b32e446bce46047824105f1011
SHA1: 5e9b00961f684cc0c176acc2e19cdc5befd5de6e
SHA256: 72c6ecbc5488bde5241bd786ae94a4bcd01515a6e99acf4bee6f20a61e94670c
Description-en: shared libraries for terminal handling (32-bit)
The ncurses library routines are a terminal-independent method of
updating character screens with reasonable optimization.
.
This package contains the shared libraries necessary to run programs
compiled with ncurses.
.
This package supports the 32-bit ABI variant of your system's
architecture.
Description-md5: 8c6342a7f12cb0debbe6158b1b61a805
Homepage: http://invisible-island.net/ncurses/
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Origin: Ubuntu
Supported: 9m

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