How to Install and Uninstall lib32ncursesw5 Package on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)

Last updated: May 17,2024

1. Install "lib32ncursesw5" package

Learn how to install lib32ncursesw5 on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)

$ sudo apt update $ sudo apt install lib32ncursesw5

2. Uninstall "lib32ncursesw5" package

Please follow the steps below to uninstall lib32ncursesw5 on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus):

$ sudo apt remove lib32ncursesw5 $ sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove

3. Information about the lib32ncursesw5 package on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)

Package: lib32ncursesw5
Priority: optional
Section: libs
Installed-Size: 359
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Craig Small
Architecture: amd64
Source: ncurses
Version: 6.0+20160213-1ubuntu1
Depends: lib32tinfo5 (= 6.0+20160213-1ubuntu1), libc6-i386 (>= 2.4)
Filename: pool/main/n/ncurses/lib32ncursesw5_6.0+20160213-1ubuntu1_amd64.deb
Size: 123706
MD5sum: e843f2a97e22d0eb489b1e669555527f
SHA1: ef01dfcfec2e1a83045c7760e60e692d968cfe31
SHA256: eba510790247aa5e84e566942672a5581ffabce9c36b19e7f3bc1d2f7eb59a84
Description-en: shared libraries for terminal handling (wide character support) (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 ncursesw, which includes support for wide characters.
.
This package supports the 32-bit ABI variant of your system's
architecture.
Description-md5: 1128887e431e21c11b633fc3998f93db
Homepage: http://invisible-island.net/ncurses/
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Origin: Ubuntu
Supported: 9m

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