How To Install libnotcurses-core2 on Debian 11
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libnotcurses-core2 on Debian 11.
What is libnotcurses-core2
libnotcurses-core2 is:
Notcurses facilitates the creation of modern TUI programs, making full use of Unicode and 24-bit TrueColor.
This core library lacks multimedia support. For that, libnotcurses2 must be installed.
There are three methods to install libnotcurses-core2 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 libnotcurses-core2 Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install libnotcurses-core2 using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libnotcurses-core2
Install libnotcurses-core2 Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libnotcurses-core2 using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libnotcurses-core2
Install libnotcurses-core2 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 libnotcurses-core2 using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libnotcurses-core2
How To Uninstall libnotcurses-core2 on Debian 11
To uninstall only the libnotcurses-core2 package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libnotcurses-core2
Uninstall libnotcurses-core2 And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libnotcurses-core2 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 11, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libnotcurses-core2
Remove libnotcurses-core2 Configurations and Data
To remove libnotcurses-core2 configuration and data from Debian 11 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libnotcurses-core2
Remove libnotcurses-core2 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libnotcurses-core2 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libnotcurses-core2
Dependencies
libnotcurses-core2 have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libnotcurses-core2 package on Debian 11 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.