How To Install ncurses.x86_64 on Amazon Linux 2

In this tutorial we learn how to install ncurses.x86_64 in Amazon Linux 2. ncurses.x86_64 is Ncurses support utilities

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install ncurses.x86_64 on Amazon Linux 2.

What is `ncurses.x86_64`

The curses library routines are a terminal-independent method of updating character screens with reasonable optimization. The ncurses (new curses) library is a freely distributable replacement for the discontinued 4.4 BSD classic curses library. This package contains support utilities, including a terminfo compiler tic, a decompiler infocmp, clear, tput, tset, and a termcap conversion tool captoinfo.

We can use yum to install ncurses.x86_64 on Amazon Linux 2. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install ncurses.x86_64.

Install ncurses.x86_64 on Amazon Linux 2 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache --refresh

After updating yum database, We can install ncurses.x86_64 using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install ncurses.x86_64

How To Uninstall ncurses.x86_64 on Amazon Linux 2

To uninstall only the ncurses.x86_64 package we can use the following command:

sudo yum remove ncurses.x86_64

ncurses.x86_64 Package Contents on Amazon Linux 2

/usr/bin/captoinfo
/usr/bin/clear
/usr/bin/infocmp
/usr/bin/infotocap
/usr/bin/reset
/usr/bin/tabs
/usr/bin/tic
/usr/bin/toe
/usr/bin/tput
/usr/bin/tset
/usr/share/doc/ncurses-6.0
/usr/share/doc/ncurses-6.0/ANNOUNCE
/usr/share/doc/ncurses-6.0/AUTHORS
/usr/share/doc/ncurses-6.0/NEWS.bz2
/usr/share/doc/ncurses-6.0/README
/usr/share/doc/ncurses-6.0/TO-DO
/usr/share/man/man1/captoinfo.1m.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/clear.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/infocmp.1m.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/infotocap.1m.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/reset.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/tabs.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/tic.1m.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/toe.1m.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/tput.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/tset.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man5/term.5.gz
/usr/share/man/man5/terminfo.5.gz
/usr/share/man/man7/term.7.gz

References

ncurses.x86_64 website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install ncurses.x86_64 on Amazon Linux 2 using yum.