How to Install lib64ncurses5 software package in Ubuntu 14.04 LTS (Trusty Tahr)

How to Install lib64ncurses5 software package in Ubuntu 14.04 LTS (Trusty Tahr)

lib64ncurses5 software package provides shared libraries for terminal handling (64-bit), you can install in your Ubuntu 14.04 LTS (Trusty Tahr) by running the commands given below on the terminal,

$ sudo apt-get update
$ sudo apt-get install lib64ncurses5 

lib64ncurses5 is installed in your system.

Make ensure the lib64ncurses5 package were installed using the commands given below,

$ sudo dpkg-query -l | grep lib64ncurses5 *

You will get with lib64ncurses5 package name, version, architecture and description in a table

lib64ncurses5 package basic information:

Distro Ubuntu 14 04 lts trusty tahr
Section Libraries
Package lib64ncurses5
Version 5.9+20140118-1ubuntu1
Description shared libraries for terminal handling (64-bit)
Sub Section libs


See Also, How to uninstall or remove lib64ncurses5 software package from Ubuntu 14.04 LTS (Trusty Tahr)?