How To Install libtinfo5 on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libtinfo5 on Ubuntu 18.04.
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 Ubuntu 18.04. 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 Ubuntu. 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 Ubuntu 18.04
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 Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libtinfo5
Remove libtinfo5 Configurations and Data
To remove libtinfo5 configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 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
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libtinfo5 package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
