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How To Uninstall libncursesw5 On Debian 8
To uninstall libncursesw5 just follow these instructions.
Are you having problems? You can always add libncursesw5again by following the instructions at this link.
Uninstall just libncursesw5
http://installion.co.uk/debian/jessie/main/l/libncursesw5/uninstall/index.htmlshared libraries for terminal handling (wide character support)Debian 8.0libs5.9+20140913-1+b1sudo apt-get remove libncursesw5
This will remove just the libncursesw5 package itself.
Uninstall libncursesw5 and its dependencies
sudo apt-get remove --auto-remove libncursesw5
This will remove the libncursesw5 package and any other dependant packages which are no longer needed.
Purging your config/data too
If you also want to delete your local/config files for libncursesw5 then this will work.
Caution! Purged config/data can not be restored by reinstalling the package.
sudo apt-get purge libncursesw5
Or similarly, like this libncursesw5
sudo apt-get purge --auto-remove libncursesw5
Package Data
| Package | libncursesw5 |
| Version | 5.9+20140913-1+b1 |
| Maintainer | Craig Small <csmall@debian.org> |
| Home page | http://invisible-island.net/ncurses/ |
| Description | shared libraries for terminal handling (wide character support) |
| Distro | debian |
| Release | jessie |
| Repo | main |
| Section | libs |