How To Install lib32ncurses6 on Ubuntu 22.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install lib32ncurses6 on Ubuntu 22.04.
What is lib32ncurses6
lib32ncurses6 is:
The ncurses library routines are a terminal-independent method of updating character screens with reasonable optimization.
This package contains the shared libraries necessary to run programs compiled with ncurses.
This package supports the 32-bit ABI variant of your system’s architecture.
There are three methods to install lib32ncurses6 on Ubuntu 22.04. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install lib32ncurses6 Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install lib32ncurses6 using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install lib32ncurses6
Install lib32ncurses6 Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install lib32ncurses6 using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install lib32ncurses6
Install lib32ncurses6 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 lib32ncurses6 using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install lib32ncurses6
How To Uninstall lib32ncurses6 on Ubuntu 22.04
To uninstall only the lib32ncurses6 package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove lib32ncurses6
Uninstall lib32ncurses6 And Its Dependencies
To uninstall lib32ncurses6 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 22.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove lib32ncurses6
Remove lib32ncurses6 Configurations and Data
To remove lib32ncurses6 configuration and data from Ubuntu 22.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge lib32ncurses6
Remove lib32ncurses6 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove lib32ncurses6 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge lib32ncurses6
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install lib32ncurses6 package on Ubuntu 22.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
