How To Install libncursesw6 on Debian 10

Learn how to install libncursesw6 on Debian 10 with this tutorial. libncursesw6 is shared libraries for terminal handling (wide character support)

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libncursesw6 on Debian 10.

What is libncursesw6

libncursesw6 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 ncursesw, which includes support for wide characters.

There are three methods to install libncursesw6 on Debian 10. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

Install libncursesw6 Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install libncursesw6 using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install libncursesw6

Install libncursesw6 Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install libncursesw6 using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install libncursesw6

Install libncursesw6 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 libncursesw6 using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install libncursesw6

How To Uninstall libncursesw6 on Debian 10

To uninstall only the libncursesw6 package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove libncursesw6

Uninstall libncursesw6 And Its Dependencies

To uninstall libncursesw6 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 10, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libncursesw6

Remove libncursesw6 Configurations and Data

To remove libncursesw6 configuration and data from Debian 10 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge libncursesw6

Remove libncursesw6 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove libncursesw6 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libncursesw6

Dependencies

libncursesw6 have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libncursesw6 package on Debian 10 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.