How To Install lib32ncursesw5 on Debian 9
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install lib32ncursesw5 on Debian 9.
What is lib32ncursesw5
lib32ncursesw5 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 ncursesw, which includes support for wide characters.
This package supports the 32-bit ABI variant of your system’s architecture.
There are three methods to install lib32ncursesw5 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 lib32ncursesw5 Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install lib32ncursesw5 using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install lib32ncursesw5
Install lib32ncursesw5 Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install lib32ncursesw5 using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install lib32ncursesw5
Install lib32ncursesw5 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 lib32ncursesw5 using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install lib32ncursesw5
How To Uninstall lib32ncursesw5 on Debian 9
To uninstall only the lib32ncursesw5 package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove lib32ncursesw5
Uninstall lib32ncursesw5 And Its Dependencies
To uninstall lib32ncursesw5 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove lib32ncursesw5
Remove lib32ncursesw5 Configurations and Data
To remove lib32ncursesw5 configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge lib32ncursesw5
Remove lib32ncursesw5 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove lib32ncursesw5 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge lib32ncursesw5
Dependencies
lib32ncursesw5 have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install lib32ncursesw5 package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.