How To Install lib32tinfo6 on Ubuntu 22.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install lib32tinfo6 on Ubuntu 22.04. lib32tinfo6 is shared low-level terminfo library for terminal handling (32-bit)

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install lib32tinfo6 on Ubuntu 22.04.

What is lib32tinfo6

lib32tinfo6 is:

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

This package contains the shared low-level terminfo library.

This package supports the 32-bit ABI variant of your system’s architecture.

There are three methods to install lib32tinfo6 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 lib32tinfo6 Using apt-get

Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install lib32tinfo6 using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install lib32tinfo6

Install lib32tinfo6 Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install lib32tinfo6 using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install lib32tinfo6

Install lib32tinfo6 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 lib32tinfo6 using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install lib32tinfo6

How To Uninstall lib32tinfo6 on Ubuntu 22.04

To uninstall only the lib32tinfo6 package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove lib32tinfo6

Uninstall lib32tinfo6 And Its Dependencies

To uninstall lib32tinfo6 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 22.04, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove lib32tinfo6

Remove lib32tinfo6 Configurations and Data

To remove lib32tinfo6 configuration and data from Ubuntu 22.04 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge lib32tinfo6

Remove lib32tinfo6 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove lib32tinfo6 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge lib32tinfo6

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install lib32tinfo6 package on Ubuntu 22.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.