How To Install libnotcurses2 on Debian 11
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libnotcurses2 on Debian 11.
What is libnotcurses2
libnotcurses2 is:
Notcurses facilitates the creation of modern TUI programs, making full use of Unicode and 24-bit TrueColor. Its API is similar to that of NCURSES, but extends that with z-buffering, rendering of images and video using ffmpeg, alpha blending, widgets, palette fades, resize awareness, and multithreading support.
This package provides multimedia support via ffmpeg.
There are three methods to install libnotcurses2 on Debian 11. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install libnotcurses2 Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install libnotcurses2 using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libnotcurses2
Install libnotcurses2 Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libnotcurses2 using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libnotcurses2
Install libnotcurses2 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 Debian. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.
sudo aptitude update
After updating apt database, We can install libnotcurses2 using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libnotcurses2
How To Uninstall libnotcurses2 on Debian 11
To uninstall only the libnotcurses2 package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libnotcurses2
Uninstall libnotcurses2 And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libnotcurses2 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 11, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libnotcurses2
Remove libnotcurses2 Configurations and Data
To remove libnotcurses2 configuration and data from Debian 11 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libnotcurses2
Remove libnotcurses2 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libnotcurses2 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libnotcurses2
Dependencies
libnotcurses2 have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libnotcurses2 package on Debian 11 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.