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

Last updated: December 24,2024

1. Install "libnewt-dev" package

Please follow the instructions below to install libnewt-dev on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)

$ sudo apt update $ sudo apt install libnewt-dev

2. Uninstall "libnewt-dev" package

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

$ sudo apt remove libnewt-dev $ sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove

3. Information about the libnewt-dev package on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)

Package: libnewt-dev
Priority: optional
Section: libdevel
Installed-Size: 257
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Alastair McKinstry
Architecture: amd64
Source: newt
Version: 0.52.18-1ubuntu2
Depends: libslang2-dev (>= 2.0.2), libnewt0.52 (= 0.52.18-1ubuntu2)
Filename: pool/main/n/newt/libnewt-dev_0.52.18-1ubuntu2_amd64.deb
Size: 60050
MD5sum: 4e6e0c8ef9d88cabc6461211431c3320
SHA1: 0fe650be959f7a9bd20ac9d0266f80219b7a7497
SHA256: 3e3cf3768f175f17552fbbbac1c8cd65d1254139d2fb9ede139c0b05509b1e3e
Description-en: Developer's toolkit for newt windowing library
These are the header files and libraries for developing applications
which use newt. Newt is a windowing toolkit for text mode, which provides
many widgets and stackable windows.
Description-md5: 4444039a4a6e54b75dae85173c39b133
Multi-Arch: same
Homepage: https://fedorahosted.org/newt/
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Origin: Ubuntu
Supported: 9m