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

Last updated: January 06,2025

1. Install "libncursesw5-dbg" package

Here is a brief guide to show you how to install libncursesw5-dbg on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)

$ sudo apt update $ sudo apt install libncursesw5-dbg

2. Uninstall "libncursesw5-dbg" package

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

$ sudo apt remove libncursesw5-dbg $ sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove

3. Information about the libncursesw5-dbg package on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)

Package: libncursesw5-dbg
Priority: extra
Section: libdevel
Installed-Size: 2430
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Craig Small
Architecture: amd64
Source: ncurses
Version: 6.0+20160213-1ubuntu1
Depends: libtinfo5 (= 6.0+20160213-1ubuntu1), libtinfo5-dbg (= 6.0+20160213-1ubuntu1), libncursesw5 (= 6.0+20160213-1ubuntu1), libc6 (>= 2.14)
Filename: pool/main/n/ncurses/libncursesw5-dbg_6.0+20160213-1ubuntu1_amd64.deb
Size: 729126
MD5sum: d61d50a7be52a65fdfbaea360bea2263
SHA1: 17365475c6d8123d2a807e1205ad4c0837b2d936
SHA256: b70c6ffd15ef1b068ad15f7a6caa97b46a226c88242b985781690a94255aaea3
Description-en: debugging/profiling libraries for ncursesw
The ncurses library routines are a terminal-independent method of
updating character screens with reasonable optimization.
.
This package contains special library versions of ncursesw suitable
for debugging and profiling. Also included are detached debugging
symbols for libncursesw5.
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This package includes support for wide characters.
Description-md5: f1a8753e0e826eda9da45ea0701fb764
Homepage: http://invisible-island.net/ncurses/
Build-Ids: 1b5fe70679de782f2e5b82125bf085b8ddf154f7 4c5fb0d159ce1e708faebdc453235254f2e163f8 72bac40b2c23050b591156c68ccdb771a844dcf7 e5a4811944ddf0ec7422a4c9f14412e7cdc358e6
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Origin: Ubuntu
Supported: 9m

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