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

Last updated: January 10,2025

1. Install "libncurses5-dbg" package

This guide covers the steps necessary to install libncurses5-dbg on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)


    
        
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
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2. Uninstall "libncurses5-dbg" package

This is a short guide on how to uninstall libncurses5-dbg on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus):


    
        
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the libncurses5-dbg package on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)

Package: libncurses5-dbg
Priority: extra
Section: libdevel
Installed-Size: 2056
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Craig Small
Architecture: amd64
Source: ncurses
Version: 6.0+20160213-1ubuntu1
Depends: libtinfo5 (= 6.0+20160213-1ubuntu1), libncurses5 (= 6.0+20160213-1ubuntu1), libtinfo5-dbg (= 6.0+20160213-1ubuntu1), libc6 (>= 2.14)
Filename: pool/main/n/ncurses/libncurses5-dbg_6.0+20160213-1ubuntu1_amd64.deb
Size: 598856
MD5sum: cbd053c6d14b1fbfa16b16095fe5a62a
SHA1: b7b8d2b9b982d22cae123a4bdef066e5d34cb57a
SHA256: 3ab027315e0cd46f1a7a0d0690a477ca5960306dbc9ed3be59a4fe2fb06827bb
Description-en: debugging/profiling libraries for ncurses
The ncurses library routines are a terminal-independent method of
updating character screens with reasonable optimization.
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This package contains special library versions of ncurses suitable
for debugging and profiling. Also included are detached debugging
symbols for libncurses5.
Description-md5: 5b094421b6dbd5e535ef972eedbde981
Homepage: http://invisible-island.net/ncurses/
Build-Ids: 197314cb7e150d4c2191444af793bb18a0ad34fd 66777cf98ad0390d37bc5905539256b2b38af840 a3a7821d32892d07e72d116887ad0a3d6b8310cf dae9836f40a5971e92157fb6196cc7103f1b47fa
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Origin: Ubuntu
Supported: 9m