How To Install libncurses-gst on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libncurses-gst on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is libncurses-gst
libncurses-gst is:
This package contains the Ncurses bindings for GNU Smalltalk.
For more information on GNU Smalltalk see the gnu-smalltalk package.
There are three methods to install libncurses-gst 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 libncurses-gst Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install libncurses-gst using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libncurses-gst
Install libncurses-gst Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libncurses-gst using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libncurses-gst
Install libncurses-gst 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 libncurses-gst using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libncurses-gst
How To Uninstall libncurses-gst on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the libncurses-gst package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libncurses-gst
Uninstall libncurses-gst And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libncurses-gst and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libncurses-gst
Remove libncurses-gst Configurations and Data
To remove libncurses-gst configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libncurses-gst
Remove libncurses-gst configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libncurses-gst configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libncurses-gst
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libncurses-gst package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
