How To Install ncurses on Fedora 36
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install ncurses
on Fedora 36.
What is ncurses
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
or dnf
to install ncurses
on Fedora 36. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install ncurses.
Install ncurses on Fedora 36 Using dnf
Update yum database with dnf
using the following command.
After updating yum database, We can install ncurses
using dnf
by running the following command:
Install ncurses on Fedora 36 Using yum
Update yum database with yum
using the following command.
After updating yum database, We can install ncurses
using yum
by running the following command:
How To Uninstall ncurses on Fedora 36
To uninstall only the ncurses
package we can use the following command:
ncurses Package Contents on Fedora 36
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install ncurses
on Fedora 36 using yum and [dnf]((/fedora/36/dnf/).