How To Install libncursesada5-dev on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libncursesada5-dev
on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is libncursesada5-dev
libncursesada5-dev is:
NcursesAda allows programmers to use the Ncurses library within the Ada language. This means programming panels, colors, forms in text terminals or emulators.
Install this package if you want to write programs that use libncursesada.
There are three methods to install libncursesada5-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 libncursesada5-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 libncursesada5-dev
using apt-get
by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libncursesada5-dev
Install libncursesada5-dev Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libncursesada5-dev
using apt
by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libncursesada5-dev
Install libncursesada5-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 libncursesada5-dev
using aptitude
by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libncursesada5-dev
How To Uninstall libncursesada5-dev on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the libncursesada5-dev
package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libncursesada5-dev
Uninstall libncursesada5-dev And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libncursesada5-dev
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libncursesada5-dev
Remove libncursesada5-dev Configurations and Data
To remove libncursesada5-dev
configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libncursesada5-dev
Remove libncursesada5-dev configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libncursesada5-dev
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libncursesada5-dev
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libncursesada5-dev
package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.