How To Install lib32ncursesw5-dev on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install lib32ncursesw5-dev on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is lib32ncursesw5-dev
lib32ncursesw5-dev is:
The ncurses library routines are a terminal-independent method of updating character screens with reasonable optimization.
This package contains the header files, static libraries and symbolic links that developers using ncursesw will need.
This package includes support for wide characters. This package supports the 32-bit ABI variant of your system’s architecture.
There are three methods to install lib32ncursesw5-dev on Ubuntu 18.04. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install lib32ncursesw5-dev Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install lib32ncursesw5-dev using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install lib32ncursesw5-dev
Install lib32ncursesw5-dev Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install lib32ncursesw5-dev using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install lib32ncursesw5-dev
Install lib32ncursesw5-dev Using aptitude
If you want to follow this method, you might need to install aptitude first since aptitude is usually not installed by default on Ubuntu. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.
sudo aptitude update
After updating apt database, We can install lib32ncursesw5-dev using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install lib32ncursesw5-dev
How To Uninstall lib32ncursesw5-dev on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the lib32ncursesw5-dev package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove lib32ncursesw5-dev
Uninstall lib32ncursesw5-dev And Its Dependencies
To uninstall lib32ncursesw5-dev and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove lib32ncursesw5-dev
Remove lib32ncursesw5-dev Configurations and Data
To remove lib32ncursesw5-dev configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge lib32ncursesw5-dev
Remove lib32ncursesw5-dev configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove lib32ncursesw5-dev configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge lib32ncursesw5-dev
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install lib32ncursesw5-dev package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
