How To Install libtinfo5 on Debian 9

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libtinfo5 on Debian 9.

What is libtinfo5

libtinfo5 is:

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

This package contains the shared low-level terminfo library.

There are three methods to install libtinfo5 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 libtinfo5 Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install libtinfo5 using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install libtinfo5

Install libtinfo5 Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install libtinfo5 using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install libtinfo5

Install libtinfo5 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 libtinfo5 using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install libtinfo5

How To Uninstall libtinfo5 on Debian 9

To uninstall only the libtinfo5 package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove libtinfo5

Uninstall libtinfo5 And Its Dependencies

To uninstall libtinfo5 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libtinfo5

Remove libtinfo5 Configurations and Data

To remove libtinfo5 configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge libtinfo5

Remove libtinfo5 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove libtinfo5 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libtinfo5

Dependencies

libtinfo5 have the following dependencies:

• libc6

References

• libtinfo5 website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libtinfo5 package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.