How to Install libncursesw5 software package in Ubuntu 14.04 LTS (Trusty Tahr)

How to Install libncursesw5 software package in Ubuntu 14.04 LTS (Trusty Tahr)

libncursesw5 software package provides shared libraries for terminal handling (wide character support), 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 libncursesw5 

libncursesw5 is installed in your system.

Make ensure the libncursesw5 package were installed using the commands given below,

$ sudo dpkg-query -l | grep libncursesw5 *

You will get with libncursesw5 package name, version, architecture and description in a table

libncursesw5 package basic information:

Distro Ubuntu 14 04 lts trusty tahr
Section Libraries
Package libncursesw5
Version 5.9+20140118-1ubuntu1
Description shared libraries for terminal handling (wide character support)
Sub Section libs


See Also, How to uninstall or remove libncursesw5 software package from Ubuntu 14.04 LTS (Trusty Tahr)?