How To Install lib32ncurses5 on Debian 9
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install lib32ncurses5 on Debian 9.
What is lib32ncurses5
lib32ncurses5 is:
The ncurses library routines are a terminal-independent method of updating character screens with reasonable optimization.
This package contains the shared libraries necessary to run programs compiled with ncurses.
This package supports the 32-bit ABI variant of your system’s architecture.
There are three methods to install lib32ncurses5 on Debian 9. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install lib32ncurses5 Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install lib32ncurses5 using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install lib32ncurses5
Install lib32ncurses5 Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install lib32ncurses5 using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install lib32ncurses5
Install lib32ncurses5 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 lib32ncurses5 using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install lib32ncurses5
How To Uninstall lib32ncurses5 on Debian 9
To uninstall only the lib32ncurses5 package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove lib32ncurses5
Uninstall lib32ncurses5 And Its Dependencies
To uninstall lib32ncurses5 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove lib32ncurses5
Remove lib32ncurses5 Configurations and Data
To remove lib32ncurses5 configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge lib32ncurses5
Remove lib32ncurses5 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove lib32ncurses5 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge lib32ncurses5
Dependencies
lib32ncurses5 have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install lib32ncurses5 package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.