How To Install libtinfo6 on Debian 10

Learn how to install libtinfo6 on Debian 10 with this tutorial. libtinfo6 is shared low-level terminfo library for terminal handling

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libtinfo6 on Debian 10.

What is libtinfo6

libtinfo6 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 libtinfo6 on Debian 10. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

Install libtinfo6 Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install libtinfo6 using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install libtinfo6

Install libtinfo6 Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install libtinfo6 using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install libtinfo6

Install libtinfo6 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 libtinfo6 using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install libtinfo6

How To Uninstall libtinfo6 on Debian 10

To uninstall only the libtinfo6 package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove libtinfo6

Uninstall libtinfo6 And Its Dependencies

To uninstall libtinfo6 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 10, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libtinfo6

Remove libtinfo6 Configurations and Data

To remove libtinfo6 configuration and data from Debian 10 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge libtinfo6

Remove libtinfo6 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove libtinfo6 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libtinfo6

Dependencies

libtinfo6 have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libtinfo6 package on Debian 10 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.