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ncurses

Version: 6.6

Terminal-independent library for building text-mode user interfaces

Install package

min add ncurses
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What is "ncurses"?

Terminal-independent library for building text-mode user interfaces

How to use this package

Quick install

Installs the package into the current environment for this session. Use --build or --runtime to persist it as a build-time or runtime dependency.

min add ncurses

Declare as a task dependency in minimal.toml

Listing the package under tasks.<name>.packages makes it available inside that task’s sandbox.

[tasks.dev]
packages = ["ncurses"]

Build-time vs runtime

Choose build-time for tools needed during compilation, runtime for dynamic libraries loaded at runtime.

min add --build ncurses
min add --runtime ncurses
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Dependencies (4)

Dependencies
NameVersionKind
attr2.6.0runtime
base-bootstrap—build
make4.4.1build
toolchain—build

Dependants (25)

Dependants
NameVersion
bash5.3
btop1.4.8
cmatrix2.0
emacs31.1
gdb17.2
gettext1.0
ghc-bootstrap9.8.1
htop3.5.3
less710
libtecla1.6.3
mariadb12.3.3
maude3.5.1
nano9.3
ngspice46
procps-ng4.0.7
psmisc23.7
pythonCVE:13.14.10
readline8.3
ruby4.0.9
ruby-3.33.3.13
ruby-3.43.4.12
screen5.0.2
tmux3.8
vim9.2.1229
zsh5.9.2
  1. ncurses v6.613b5e0e
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    Lines:+4 / -4Deps:4
    Released:
  2. ncurses v6.5-202508301975757
    Diff
    Lines:+78 / -76Deps:4(+1 / -2)
    Released:
  3. ncurses vdd56b1f
    Diff
    Lines:+87 / -5Deps:5(+5)
    Released:

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Software Bill of Materials — every package this build depends on
PackagesVersion
ncursesROOT6.6
acl2.4.0
attr2.6.0
bash5.3
bash-bootstrap5.3
binutils2.47
bison3.8.2
bzip21.0.8
coreutils9.12
diffutils3.12
expat2.9.0
file5.48
findutils4.11.0
flex2.6.4
gawk5.4.1
gawk-bootstrap5.4.1
gcc15.2.0
gdbm1.26
glibc2.44
gmp6.3.0
grep3.12
gzip1.15
libcap2.78
libffi3.8.0
linux_headers6.12.43
lz41.10.0
m41.4.21
make4.4.1
mpc1.4.1
mpfr4.2.2
openssl3.6.5
patch2.8.1
pcre210.49
perl5.44.0
pkgconf3.0.5
python3.14.10
readline8.3
sed4.10
sqlite3.54.0
tar1.35
tzdata2026e
util-linux2.42.4
xz5.8.4
zlib1.3.2
zstd1.5.7

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