How to Install and Uninstall libncurses5 Package on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)

Last updated: May 10,2024

1. Install "libncurses5" package

In this section, we are going to explain the necessary steps to install libncurses5 on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)


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

This guide let you learn how to uninstall libncurses5 on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus):


    
        
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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 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)

Package: libncurses5
Priority: required
Section: libs
Installed-Size: 281
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Craig Small
Architecture: amd64
Source: ncurses
Version: 6.0+20160213-1ubuntu1
Depends: libtinfo5 (= 6.0+20160213-1ubuntu1), libc6 (>= 2.14)
Recommends: libgpm2
Filename: pool/main/n/ncurses/libncurses5_6.0+20160213-1ubuntu1_amd64.deb
Size: 93854
MD5sum: 069554f95e57ac8709c290a98eb0a403
SHA1: 4ade5dc196a75b9ebb2caa6b521a9744d8b974d6
SHA256: 085efe5f455b6e6e33f52a57d5af800883482f20e7e19774323c02cd0aa9f2b7
Description-en: shared libraries for terminal handling
The ncurses library routines are a terminal-independent method of
updating character screens with reasonable optimization.
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This package contains the shared libraries necessary to run programs
compiled with ncurses.
Description-md5: 599cbbcff16d09b3b4643d84f37643fd
Multi-Arch: same
Homepage: http://invisible-island.net/ncurses/
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Origin: Ubuntu
Supported: 5y
Task: minimal