Debian / Ubuntu Linux

Installing the Curses library on Debian or Ubuntu

On Debian Linux 9 (and derived Linux brands like Ubuntu), the Curses library must be installed as follows:

# apt-get install libncurses5
# apt-get install libncursesw5

Note: On Debian, the libncursesw.so.5 library for UTF-8 support in text mode is part of the libncursesw5 package: The libncurses5 package does not include the libncursesw.so.5 library.