How To Install ncurses-base on Debian 9
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install ncurses-base on Debian 9.
What is ncurses-base
ncurses-base is:
The ncurses library routines are a terminal-independent method of updating character screens with reasonable optimization.
This package contains terminfo data files to support the most common types of terminal, including ansi, dumb, linux, rxvt, screen, sun, vt100, vt102, vt220, vt52, and xterm.
There are three methods to install ncurses-base 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 ncurses-base Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install ncurses-base using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install ncurses-base
Install ncurses-base Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install ncurses-base using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install ncurses-base
Install ncurses-base 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 ncurses-base using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install ncurses-base
How To Uninstall ncurses-base on Debian 9
To uninstall only the ncurses-base package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove ncurses-base
Uninstall ncurses-base And Its Dependencies
To uninstall ncurses-base and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove ncurses-base
Remove ncurses-base Configurations and Data
To remove ncurses-base configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge ncurses-base
Remove ncurses-base configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove ncurses-base configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge ncurses-base
Dependencies
ncurses-base have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install ncurses-base package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.