How To Install ncurses-examples on Ubuntu 20.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install ncurses-examples on Ubuntu 20.04.
What is ncurses-examples
ncurses-examples is:
The ncurses library routines are a terminal-independent method of updating character screens with reasonable optimization.
This package contains programs demonstrating the possibilities of ncurses and testing the library. The examples include an analog/digital clock and several classic programs such as solitaire, battleships, a knight’s tour on a chess board, the towers of Hanoi and several others.
There are three methods to install ncurses-examples on Ubuntu 20.04. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install ncurses-examples 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-examples using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install ncurses-examples
Install ncurses-examples Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install ncurses-examples using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install ncurses-examples
Install ncurses-examples 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 ncurses-examples using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install ncurses-examples
How To Uninstall ncurses-examples on Ubuntu 20.04
To uninstall only the ncurses-examples package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove ncurses-examples
Uninstall ncurses-examples And Its Dependencies
To uninstall ncurses-examples and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 20.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove ncurses-examples
Remove ncurses-examples Configurations and Data
To remove ncurses-examples configuration and data from Ubuntu 20.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge ncurses-examples
Remove ncurses-examples configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove ncurses-examples configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge ncurses-examples
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install ncurses-examples package on Ubuntu 20.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
