How To Install libx32ncursesw5 on Ubuntu 18.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install libx32ncursesw5 on Ubuntu 18.04. libx32ncursesw5 is shared libraries for terminal handling (wide character support) (x32)

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libx32ncursesw5 on Ubuntu 18.04.

What is libx32ncursesw5

libx32ncursesw5 is:

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

This package contains the shared libraries necessary to run programs compiled with ncursesw, which includes support for wide characters.

This package supports the x32 ABI variant of your system’s architecture.

There are three methods to install libx32ncursesw5 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 libx32ncursesw5 Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install libx32ncursesw5 using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install libx32ncursesw5

Install libx32ncursesw5 Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install libx32ncursesw5 using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install libx32ncursesw5

Install libx32ncursesw5 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 libx32ncursesw5 using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install libx32ncursesw5

How To Uninstall libx32ncursesw5 on Ubuntu 18.04

To uninstall only the libx32ncursesw5 package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove libx32ncursesw5

Uninstall libx32ncursesw5 And Its Dependencies

To uninstall libx32ncursesw5 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libx32ncursesw5

Remove libx32ncursesw5 Configurations and Data

To remove libx32ncursesw5 configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge libx32ncursesw5

Remove libx32ncursesw5 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove libx32ncursesw5 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libx32ncursesw5

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libx32ncursesw5 package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.