ncurses/debian

ncurses for Debian
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The ncurses package is split into nine parts:

libncurses5 The ncurses shared libraries
libncurses5-dev Development environment
libncurses5-dbg Debugging libraries

libncursesw5 The ncurses shared libraries, with wide character
support
libncursesw5-dev Development environment for libncursesw5
libncursesw5-dbg Debugging libraries for libncursesw5

ncurses-bin Various small applications (clear, reset, tic, etc.)
ncurses-base Standard terminal entries
ncurses-term All the rest of the terminal entries

All debian systems should have libncurses5, ncurses-base, and ncurses-bin
installed. The -dev and -dbg packages are only useful for developers wishing to
compile programs which use ncurses. ncurses-term is the full contents of the
terminfo database, and includes many strange and obsolete terminals.