How to Install and Uninstall ncurses-base Package on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)

Last updated: May 17,2024

1. Install "ncurses-base" package

Please follow the steps below to install ncurses-base on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)


    
        
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                sudo apt update
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
                ncurses-base
            
                    
    
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2. Uninstall "ncurses-base" package

In this section, we are going to explain the necessary steps to uninstall ncurses-base on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus):


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

Package: ncurses-base
Essential: yes
Priority: required
Section: utils
Installed-Size: 336
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Craig Small
Architecture: all
Source: ncurses
Version: 6.0+20160213-1ubuntu1
Provides: ncurses-runtime
Breaks: ncurses-term (<< 5.7+20100313-3)
Filename: pool/main/n/ncurses/ncurses-base_6.0+20160213-1ubuntu1_all.deb
Size: 16732
MD5sum: 741fdd0a709bf75c99ca4388f9c2205c
SHA1: 0334cd326e36ec372c8306cd9ed8685d619e189e
SHA256: 7e391954e99353a2d2ac351bd8e1736dccaa39453c35fd6f9f1f2a3413b6c9b9
Description-en: basic terminal type definitions
The ncurses library routines are a terminal-independent method of
updating character screens with reasonable optimization.
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This package contains terminfo data files to support the most common types of
terminal, including ansi, dumb, linux, rxvt, screen, sun, vt100, vt102, vt220,
vt52, and xterm.
Description-md5: 2cbef17322c0de7f007682de54ca0d4a
Multi-Arch: foreign
Homepage: http://invisible-island.net/ncurses/
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Origin: Ubuntu
Supported: 5y
Task: minimal