How to Install and Uninstall libtinfo5 Package on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)

Last updated: March 14,2025

1. Install "libtinfo5" package

This is a short guide on how to install libtinfo5 on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)


    
        
            $
        

        
            
                sudo apt update
            
                    
    
    Copied


    
        
            $
        

        
            
                sudo apt install
            
                        
                libtinfo5
            
                    
    
    Copied

2. Uninstall "libtinfo5" package

Learn how to uninstall libtinfo5 on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus):


    
        
            $
        

        
            
                sudo apt remove
            
                        
                libtinfo5
            
                    
    
    Copied


    
        
            $
        

        
            
                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
    Copied

3. Information about the libtinfo5 package on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)

Package: libtinfo5
Priority: required
Section: libs
Installed-Size: 468
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Craig Small
Architecture: amd64
Source: ncurses
Version: 6.0+20160213-1ubuntu1
Replaces: libncurses5 (<< 5.9-3)
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.16)
Breaks: dialog (<< 1.2-20130523)
Filename: pool/main/n/ncurses/libtinfo5_6.0+20160213-1ubuntu1_amd64.deb
Size: 76830
MD5sum: 5c4e3666aa6f6dd419f3301ecedae411
SHA1: b961599d2bf6a5a0cf21f78746b01278d10a661d
SHA256: 87911b59dabcc52e2dcad9c01679259ccfa785916aed4b1bbecdd3e699c75fb8
Description-en: shared low-level terminfo library for terminal handling
The ncurses library routines are a terminal-independent method of
updating character screens with reasonable optimization.
.
This package contains the shared low-level terminfo library.
Description-md5: f681846d99e5156a0882bb53c35d3244
Multi-Arch: same
Homepage: http://invisible-island.net/ncurses/
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Origin: Ubuntu
Supported: 5y
Task: minimal