How To Install libncursesw5 on Kali Linux

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libncursesw5 on Kali Linux.

What is libncursesw5

libncursesw5 is:

The ncurses library routines are a terminal-independent method of updating character screens with reasonable optimization.

This package contains the legacy shared libraries necessary to run programs compiled with ncursesw, which includes support for wide characters.

There are three methods to install libncursesw5 on Kali Linux. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

Install libncursesw5 Using apt-get

Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install libncursesw5 using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install libncursesw5

Install libncursesw5 Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install libncursesw5 using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install libncursesw5

Install libncursesw5 Using aptitude

If you want to follow this method, you might need to install aptitude on Kali Linux first since aptitude is usually not installed by default on Kali Linux. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.

sudo aptitude update

After updating apt database, We can install libncursesw5 using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install libncursesw5

How To Uninstall libncursesw5 on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the libncursesw5 package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove libncursesw5

Uninstall libncursesw5 And Its Dependencies

To uninstall libncursesw5 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libncursesw5

Remove libncursesw5 Configurations and Data

To remove libncursesw5 configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge libncursesw5

Remove libncursesw5 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove libncursesw5 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libncursesw5

Dependencies

libncursesw5 have the following dependencies:

• libtinfo5
• libc6

References

• libncursesw5 website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libncursesw5 package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.