How to Install and Uninstall libncursesw5 Package on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)

Last updated: May 10,2024

1. Install "libncursesw5" package

This tutorial shows how to install libncursesw5 on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)


    
        
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                sudo apt update
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
                libncursesw5
            
                    
    
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2. Uninstall "libncursesw5" package

Please follow the guidance below to uninstall libncursesw5 on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus):


    
        
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                sudo apt remove
            
                        
                libncursesw5
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the libncursesw5 package on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)

Package: libncursesw5
Priority: required
Section: libs
Installed-Size: 345
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/libncursesw5_6.0+20160213-1ubuntu1_amd64.deb
Size: 114598
MD5sum: 923ddf282a121d22262e62ef738b8ad1
SHA1: 858eab2e2cb93f5301f1c97ffe653e7d82b826c6
SHA256: da2dbe9903994e7406aaa0091f7ffaeb90156990bf5585e0d5edb0be4310e9c2
Description-en: shared libraries for terminal handling (wide character support)
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 ncursesw, which includes support for wide characters.
Description-md5: 1a69a793355bf1fff9186f00b71dd14a
Multi-Arch: same
Homepage: http://invisible-island.net/ncurses/
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Origin: Ubuntu
Supported: 5y
Task: minimal