How To Install ncurses-base on Kali Linux

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install ncurses-base on Kali Linux.

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 Kali Linux. 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 on Kali Linux first since aptitude is usually not installed by default on Kali Linux. 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 Kali Linux

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 Kali Linux, 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 Kali Linux 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

• ncurses-base website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install ncurses-base package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.