How To Install libncurses6 on Debian 11
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libncurses6 on Debian 11.
What is libncurses6
libncurses6 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 libncurses6 on Debian 11. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install libncurses6 Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install libncurses6 using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libncurses6
Install libncurses6 Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libncurses6 using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libncurses6
Install libncurses6 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 libncurses6 using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libncurses6
How To Uninstall libncurses6 on Debian 11
To uninstall only the libncurses6 package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libncurses6
Uninstall libncurses6 And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libncurses6 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 11, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libncurses6
Remove libncurses6 Configurations and Data
To remove libncurses6 configuration and data from Debian 11 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libncurses6
Remove libncurses6 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libncurses6 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libncurses6
Dependencies
libncurses6 have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libncurses6 package on Debian 11 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
