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

Last updated: May 17,2024

1. Install "libncurses5-dev" package

This is a short guide on how to install libncurses5-dev 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-dev" package

Please follow the guidelines below to uninstall libncurses5-dev on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus):


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

Package: libncurses5-dev
Priority: optional
Section: libdevel
Installed-Size: 1035
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Craig Small
Architecture: amd64
Source: ncurses
Version: 6.0+20160213-1ubuntu1
Replaces: libncurses-dev, ncurses-bin (<< 6.0+20151017), ncurses-dev
Provides: libncurses-dev, ncurses-dev
Depends: libtinfo5 (= 6.0+20160213-1ubuntu1), libncurses5 (= 6.0+20160213-1ubuntu1), libtinfo-dev (= 6.0+20160213-1ubuntu1), libc6-dev | libc-dev
Suggests: ncurses-doc
Conflicts: libncurses-dev, ncurses-dev
Filename: pool/main/n/ncurses/libncurses5-dev_6.0+20160213-1ubuntu1_amd64.deb
Size: 174568
MD5sum: b911d5d2bac68f00e9c905231bcfd814
SHA1: 598f204e55452b50e838978603b27c13abc2da55
SHA256: 2f1479319b297db9cd28e7b6f42ca1a8ecdfb5e3d708550f20fb2d4b52f70fd1
Description-en: developer's 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 the header files, static libraries
and symbolic links that developers using ncurses will need.
Description-md5: 38da502b304ea3ed5ff1e12d072d14a8
Multi-Arch: same
Homepage: http://invisible-island.net/ncurses/
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Origin: Ubuntu
Supported: 9m