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ncurses package

ncurses package in Ubuntu

lib32ncurses-dev: developer's libraries for ncurses (32-bit)
lib32ncurses6: shared libraries for terminal handling (32-bit)
lib32ncurses6-dbgsym: debug symbols for lib32ncurses6
lib32ncursesw6: shared libraries for terminal handling (wide character support) (32-bit)
lib32ncursesw6-dbgsym: debug symbols for lib32ncursesw6
lib32tinfo6: shared low-level terminfo library for terminal handling (32-bit)
lib32tinfo6-dbgsym: debug symbols for lib32tinfo6
lib64ncurses-dev: developer's libraries for ncurses (64-bit)
lib64ncurses6: shared libraries for terminal handling (64-bit)
lib64ncurses6-dbgsym: debug symbols for lib64ncurses6
lib64ncursesw6: shared libraries for terminal handling (wide character support) (64-bit)
lib64ncursesw6-dbgsym: debug symbols for lib64ncursesw6
lib64tinfo6: shared low-level terminfo library for terminal handling (64-bit)
lib64tinfo6-dbgsym: debug symbols for lib64tinfo6
libncurses-dev: developer's libraries for ncurses
libncurses6: shared libraries for terminal handling
libncurses6-dbgsym: debug symbols for libncurses6
libncursesw6: shared libraries for terminal handling (wide character support)
libncursesw6-dbgsym: debug symbols for libncursesw6
libtinfo6: shared low-level terminfo library for terminal handling
libtinfo6-dbgsym: debug symbols for libtinfo6
ncurses-base: basic terminal type definitions
ncurses-bin: terminal-related programs and man pages
ncurses-bin-dbgsym: debug symbols for ncurses-bin
ncurses-doc: developer's guide and documentation for ncurses
ncurses-examples: test programs and examples for ncurses
ncurses-examples-dbgsym: debug symbols for ncurses-examples
ncurses-term: additional terminal type definitions

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Package information

Maintainer:
Ncurses Maintainers
Urgency:*
Medium Urgency
Architectures:*
any all
Latest upload:
6.5+20250216-2

*actual publishing details may vary in this distribution, these are just the package defaults.

Upstream connections

The GNU Project ⇒ Ncurses ⇒ main

Ncurses is a free emulation of curses, which is a library for creating textual user interfaces.

Bug supervisor: no
Bug tracker: no
Branch: no

Ncurses 6.5 is older than the current packaged version. Launchpad may be missing release information for the main series or this package is linked to the wrong Ncurses series.

The Plucky Puffin (active development)
6.5+20250216-2 release (main)
The Oracular Oriole (current stable release)
6.5-2 release (main)
The Noble Numbat (supported)
6.4+20240113-1ubuntu2 release (main)
The Jammy Jellyfish (supported)
6.3-2ubuntu0.1 security, updates (main)
6.3-2 release (main)
The Focal Fossa (supported)
6.2-0ubuntu2.1 security, updates (main)
6.2-0ubuntu2 release (main)
The Bionic Beaver (supported)
6.1-1ubuntu1.18.04.1 security, updates (main)
6.1-1ubuntu1 release (main)
The Xenial Xerus (supported)
6.0+20160213-1ubuntu1 release (main)
The Trusty Tahr (supported)
5.9+20140118-1ubuntu1 release (main)