How To Install libnotcurses-core2 on Kali Linux

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libnotcurses-core2 on Kali Linux.

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 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 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 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 libnotcurses-core2 using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install libnotcurses-core2

How To Uninstall libnotcurses-core2 on Kali Linux

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 Kali Linux, 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 Kali Linux 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:

• libc6
• libqrcodegen1
• libreadline8
• libstdc++6
• libtinfo6
• libunistring2

References

• libnotcurses-core2 website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libnotcurses-core2 package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.