How To Install libtinfo-dev on Debian 9
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libtinfo-dev
on Debian 9.
What is libtinfo-dev
libtinfo-dev is:
The ncurses library routines are a terminal-independent method of updating character screens with reasonable optimization.
This package contains the static library and symbolic link that developers using the low-level terminfo library will need. Packages should not build-depend on this package.
There are three methods to install libtinfo-dev
on Debian 9. We can use apt-get
, apt
and aptitude
. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install libtinfo-dev Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get
using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install libtinfo-dev
using apt-get
by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libtinfo-dev
Install libtinfo-dev Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libtinfo-dev
using apt
by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libtinfo-dev
Install libtinfo-dev 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 libtinfo-dev
using aptitude
by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libtinfo-dev
How To Uninstall libtinfo-dev on Debian 9
To uninstall only the libtinfo-dev
package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libtinfo-dev
Uninstall libtinfo-dev And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libtinfo-dev
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libtinfo-dev
Remove libtinfo-dev Configurations and Data
To remove libtinfo-dev
configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libtinfo-dev
Remove libtinfo-dev configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libtinfo-dev
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libtinfo-dev
Dependencies
libtinfo-dev have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libtinfo-dev
package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.