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

Last updated: March 15,2025

1. Install "ncurses-term" package

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


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

This tutorial shows how to uninstall ncurses-term on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus):


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

Package: ncurses-term
Priority: optional
Section: admin
Installed-Size: 3976
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Craig Small
Architecture: all
Source: ncurses
Version: 6.0+20160213-1ubuntu1
Replaces: bogl-bterm (<< 0.1.18-7), mlterm-common (<< 3.0.2-1), ncurses-base (<< 5.7+20100313-1), suckless-tools (<< 39)
Breaks: bogl-bterm (<< 0.1.18-7), mlterm-common (<< 3.0.2-1), suckless-tools (<< 39)
Filename: pool/main/n/ncurses/ncurses-term_6.0+20160213-1ubuntu1_all.deb
Size: 249166
MD5sum: 30d66210a579c6e9baedbf8f54d83542
SHA1: 6eb06ff1ba987e26f0502c163644d4158eb5a567
SHA256: 2efb680d98af002b11948a4215c50259a799260c7fbb8b9f06e2d2f3736ab717
Description-en: additional 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 all of the numerous terminal definitions not found in
the ncurses-base package.
Description-md5: 4b4085015cb669f69f4316436f2a2f6a
Multi-Arch: foreign
Homepage: http://invisible-island.net/ncurses/
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Origin: Ubuntu
Supported: 5y
Task: virt-host, cloud-image, openssh-server, mythbuntu-frontend, mythbuntu-desktop, mythbuntu-backend-slave, mythbuntu-backend-master