How To Install libncurses5 on Debian 9
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libncurses5 on Debian 9.
What is libncurses5
libncurses5 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.
There are three methods to install libncurses5 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 libncurses5 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 using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libncurses5
Install libncurses5 Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libncurses5 using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libncurses5
Install libncurses5 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 libncurses5 using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libncurses5
How To Uninstall libncurses5 on Debian 9
To uninstall only the libncurses5 package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libncurses5
Uninstall libncurses5 And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libncurses5 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libncurses5
Remove libncurses5 Configurations and Data
To remove libncurses5 configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libncurses5
Remove libncurses5 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libncurses5 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libncurses5
Dependencies
libncurses5 have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libncurses5 package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.