How To Install lib32tinfo-dev on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install lib32tinfo-dev on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is lib32tinfo-dev
lib32tinfo-dev is:
The ncurses library routines are a terminal-independent method of updating character screens with reasonable optimization.
This package contains the static library and symbolic link that developers using the low-level terminfo library will need. Packages should not build-depend on this package.
This package supports the 32-bit ABI variant of your system’s architecture.
There are three methods to install lib32tinfo-dev on Ubuntu 18.04. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install lib32tinfo-dev Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install lib32tinfo-dev using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install lib32tinfo-dev
Install lib32tinfo-dev Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install lib32tinfo-dev using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install lib32tinfo-dev
Install lib32tinfo-dev 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 Ubuntu. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.
sudo aptitude update
After updating apt database, We can install lib32tinfo-dev using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install lib32tinfo-dev
How To Uninstall lib32tinfo-dev on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the lib32tinfo-dev package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove lib32tinfo-dev
Uninstall lib32tinfo-dev And Its Dependencies
To uninstall lib32tinfo-dev and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove lib32tinfo-dev
Remove lib32tinfo-dev Configurations and Data
To remove lib32tinfo-dev configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge lib32tinfo-dev
Remove lib32tinfo-dev configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove lib32tinfo-dev configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge lib32tinfo-dev
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install lib32tinfo-dev package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
