How To Install ncurses-term on Kali Linux

Introduction

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

What is ncurses-term

ncurses-term is:

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

This package contains all of the numerous terminal definitions not found in the ncurses-base package.

There are three methods to install ncurses-term 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-term 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-term using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install ncurses-term

Install ncurses-term Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install ncurses-term

Install ncurses-term 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-term using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install ncurses-term

How To Uninstall ncurses-term on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the ncurses-term package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove ncurses-term

Uninstall ncurses-term And Its Dependencies

To uninstall ncurses-term and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove ncurses-term

Remove ncurses-term Configurations and Data

To remove ncurses-term configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge ncurses-term

Remove ncurses-term configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge ncurses-term

Dependencies

ncurses-term have the following dependencies:

• ncurses-base

References

• ncurses-term website

Summary

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