How To Install ncurses-doc on Kali Linux
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install ncurses-doc on Kali Linux.
What is ncurses-doc
ncurses-doc is:
The ncurses library routines are a terminal-independent method of updating character screens with reasonable optimization.
This package contains an introduction to writing programs with ncurses a guide to the internals of the ncurses library. It also includes the libraries’ man pages.
Non-developers likely have little use for this package.
There are three methods to install ncurses-doc 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-doc Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get updateAfter updating apt database, We can install ncurses-doc using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install ncurses-docInstall ncurses-doc Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt updateAfter updating apt database, We can install ncurses-doc using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install ncurses-docInstall ncurses-doc 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 updateAfter updating apt database, We can install ncurses-doc using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install ncurses-docHow To Uninstall ncurses-doc on Kali Linux
To uninstall only the ncurses-doc package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove ncurses-docUninstall ncurses-doc And Its Dependencies
To uninstall ncurses-doc and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove ncurses-docRemove ncurses-doc Configurations and Data
To remove ncurses-doc configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge ncurses-docRemove ncurses-doc configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove ncurses-doc configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge ncurses-docDependencies
ncurses-doc have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install ncurses-doc package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.