How To Install libncurses5-dbg on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libncurses5-dbg
on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is libncurses5-dbg
libncurses5-dbg is:
The ncurses library routines are a terminal-independent method of updating character screens with reasonable optimization.
This package contains special library versions of ncurses suitable for debugging and profiling. Also included are detached debugging symbols for libncurses5.
There are three methods to install libncurses5-dbg
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 libncurses5-dbg Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get
using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install libncurses5-dbg
using apt-get
by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libncurses5-dbg
Install libncurses5-dbg Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libncurses5-dbg
using apt
by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libncurses5-dbg
Install libncurses5-dbg 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 libncurses5-dbg
using aptitude
by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libncurses5-dbg
How To Uninstall libncurses5-dbg on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the libncurses5-dbg
package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libncurses5-dbg
Uninstall libncurses5-dbg And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libncurses5-dbg
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libncurses5-dbg
Remove libncurses5-dbg Configurations and Data
To remove libncurses5-dbg
configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libncurses5-dbg
Remove libncurses5-dbg configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libncurses5-dbg
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libncurses5-dbg
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libncurses5-dbg
package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.