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