How To Install lib32ncursesw6 on Debian 12
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install lib32ncursesw6 on Debian 12.
What is lib32ncursesw6
lib32ncursesw6 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 lib32ncursesw6 on Debian 12. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install lib32ncursesw6 Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install lib32ncursesw6 using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install lib32ncursesw6
Install lib32ncursesw6 Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install lib32ncursesw6 using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install lib32ncursesw6
Install lib32ncursesw6 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 lib32ncursesw6 using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install lib32ncursesw6
How To Uninstall lib32ncursesw6 on Debian 12
To uninstall only the lib32ncursesw6 package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove lib32ncursesw6
Uninstall lib32ncursesw6 And Its Dependencies
To uninstall lib32ncursesw6 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 12, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove lib32ncursesw6
Remove lib32ncursesw6 Configurations and Data
To remove lib32ncursesw6 configuration and data from Debian 12 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge lib32ncursesw6
Remove lib32ncursesw6 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove lib32ncursesw6 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge lib32ncursesw6
Dependencies
lib32ncursesw6 have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install lib32ncursesw6 package on Debian 12 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.