How To Install libtinfo6 on Debian 11
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libtinfo6 on Debian 11.
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 11. 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 11
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 11, 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 11 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 11 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.