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A terminal descriptions database for iterm

About ncurses

A terminal descriptions database for iterm

This project links 36 native package records across 2 recorded operating-system releases. Compare the retained versions and architectures below, then open the package for your own release.

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openSUSE Leap 16.0: 18 package records; openSUSE Tumbleweed: 18 package records. Catalog coverage diagram, not an application screenshot.ncurses: recorded package coverageopenSUSE Leap 16.018 recordsopenSUSE Tumbleweed18 records
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Project identity

Project
ncurses
Publisher
Not authoritatively mapped
Native package records
36
Operating systems
opensuse-leap-16-0, opensuse-tumbleweed
License expression
MIT
Metadata completeness
100/100 (not a software quality rating)
Homepage
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Source repository
Not reported

Source-reported description

The fullest retained description is shown with its source. Distribution packaging descriptions may include downstream details.

This is the terminfo reference database, maintained in the ncurses package. This database is the official successor to the 4.4BSD termcap file and contains information about any known terminal. The ncurses library makes use of this database to use terminals correctly. If you just use the Linux console, xterm, and VT100, you probably will not need this database -- a minimal /usr/share/terminfo tree for these terminals is already included in the terminfo-base package.

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Packages by operating system

Compare recorded versions, then open a package for dependency, file, checksum, and repository evidence. Version strings are distribution-specific, not a ranking of newer software.

openSUSE Leap 16.0

  1. libncurses5

    openSUSE Leap 16.0 / System/Libraries / source ncurses

    6.5.20250531-160000.3.1

    Terminal control library

    aarch64ppc64les390xx86_64leap-16.0
  2. libncurses5-32bit

    openSUSE Leap 16.0 / System/Libraries / source ncurses

    6.5.20250531-160000.3.1

    Terminal control library

    x86_64leap-16.0
  3. libncurses6

    openSUSE Leap 16.0 / System/Libraries / source ncurses

    6.5.20250531-160000.3.1

    Terminal control library

    aarch64ppc64les390xx86_64leap-16.0
  4. libncurses6-32bit

    openSUSE Leap 16.0 / System/Libraries / source ncurses

    6.5.20250531-160000.3.1

    Terminal control library

    x86_64leap-16.0
  5. libncurses6-compat

    openSUSE Leap 16.0 / System/Libraries / source ncurses

    6.5.20250531-160000.2.2

    Terminal control library without weak threading support

    aarch64ppc64les390xx86_64leap-16.0
  6. libncurses_c++5

    openSUSE Leap 16.0 / System/Libraries / source ncurses

    6.5.20250531-160000.3.1

    Terminal control library

    aarch64ppc64les390xx86_64leap-16.0
  7. libncurses_c++6

    openSUSE Leap 16.0 / System/Libraries / source ncurses

    6.5.20250531-160000.3.1

    Terminal control library

    aarch64ppc64les390xx86_64leap-16.0
  8. libncurses_c++6-compat

    openSUSE Leap 16.0 / System/Libraries / source ncurses

    6.5.20250531-160000.3.1

    Terminal control library without weak threading support

    aarch64ppc64les390xx86_64leap-16.0
  9. ncurses-devel

    openSUSE Leap 16.0 / Development/Libraries/C and C++ / source ncurses

    6.5.20250531-160000.2.2

    Development files for the ncurses6 terminal control library

    aarch64ppc64les390xx86_64leap-16.0
  10. ncurses-devel-32bit

    openSUSE Leap 16.0 / Development/Libraries/C and C++ / source ncurses

    6.5.20250531-160000.3.1

    Development files for the ncurses6 terminal control library

    x86_64leap-16.0
  11. ncurses-devel-static

    openSUSE Leap 16.0 / Development/Libraries/C and C++ / source ncurses

    6.5.20250531-160000.2.2

    Static libraries for the ncurses6 terminal control library

    aarch64ppc64les390xx86_64leap-16.0
  12. ncurses-examples

    openSUSE Leap 16.0 / System/Base / source ncurses

    6.5.20250531-160000.2.2

    Tools using the new curses libraries

    aarch64ppc64les390xx86_64leap-16.0
  13. ncurses-utils

    openSUSE Leap 16.0 / System/Base / source ncurses

    6.5.20250531-160000.3.1

    Tools using the new curses libraries

    aarch64ppc64les390xx86_64leap-16.0
  14. tack

    openSUSE Leap 16.0 / Development/Tools/Building / source ncurses

    1.11.20250503-160000.2.2

    Terminfo action checker

    aarch64ppc64les390xx86_64leap-16.0
  15. terminfo

    openSUSE Leap 16.0 / System/Base / source ncurses

    6.5.20250531-160000.3.1

    A terminal descriptions database

    aarch64ppc64les390xx86_64leap-16.0
  16. terminfo-base

    openSUSE Leap 16.0 / System/Base / source ncurses

    6.5.20250531-160000.2.2

    A terminal descriptions database

    aarch64ppc64les390xx86_64leap-16.0
  17. terminfo-iterm

    openSUSE Leap 16.0 / System/Base / source ncurses

    6.5.20250531-160000.3.1

    A terminal descriptions database for iterm

    aarch64ppc64les390xx86_64leap-16.0
  18. terminfo-screen

    openSUSE Leap 16.0 / System/Base / source ncurses

    6.5.20250531-160000.3.1

    A terminal descriptions database for screen

    aarch64ppc64les390xx86_64leap-16.0

openSUSE Tumbleweed

  1. libncurses5

    openSUSE Tumbleweed / System/Libraries / source ncurses

    6.6.20260815-111.1

    Terminal control library

    x86_64tumbleweed
  2. libncurses5-32bit

    openSUSE Tumbleweed / System/Libraries / source ncurses

    6.6.20260815-111.1

    Terminal control library

    x86_64tumbleweed
  3. libncurses6

    openSUSE Tumbleweed / System/Libraries / source ncurses

    6.6.20260815-111.1

    Terminal control library

    x86_64tumbleweed
  4. libncurses6-32bit

    openSUSE Tumbleweed / System/Libraries / source ncurses

    6.6.20260815-111.1

    Terminal control library

    x86_64tumbleweed
  5. libncurses6-compat

    openSUSE Tumbleweed / System/Libraries / source ncurses

    6.6.20260815-111.1

    Terminal control library without weak threading support

    x86_64tumbleweed
  6. libncurses_c++5

    openSUSE Tumbleweed / System/Libraries / source ncurses

    6.6.20260815-111.1

    Terminal control library

    x86_64tumbleweed
  7. libncurses_c++6

    openSUSE Tumbleweed / System/Libraries / source ncurses

    6.6.20260815-111.1

    Terminal control library

    x86_64tumbleweed
  8. libncurses_c++6-compat

    openSUSE Tumbleweed / System/Libraries / source ncurses

    6.6.20260815-111.1

    Terminal control library without weak threading support

    x86_64tumbleweed
  9. ncurses-devel

    openSUSE Tumbleweed / Development/Libraries/C and C++ / source ncurses

    6.6.20260815-111.1

    Development files for the ncurses6 terminal control library

    x86_64tumbleweed
  10. ncurses-devel-32bit

    openSUSE Tumbleweed / Development/Libraries/C and C++ / source ncurses

    6.6.20260815-111.1

    Development files for the ncurses6 terminal control library

    x86_64tumbleweed
  11. ncurses-devel-static

    openSUSE Tumbleweed / Development/Libraries/C and C++ / source ncurses

    6.6.20260815-111.1

    Static libraries for the ncurses6 terminal control library

    x86_64tumbleweed
  12. ncurses-examples

    openSUSE Tumbleweed / System/Base / source ncurses

    6.6.20260815-111.1

    Tools using the new curses libraries

    x86_64tumbleweed
  13. ncurses-utils

    openSUSE Tumbleweed / System/Base / source ncurses

    6.6.20260815-111.1

    Tools using the new curses libraries

    x86_64tumbleweed
  14. tack

    openSUSE Tumbleweed / Development/Tools/Building / source ncurses

    1.11.20251210-111.1

    Terminfo action checker

    x86_64tumbleweed
  15. terminfo

    openSUSE Tumbleweed / System/Base / source ncurses

    6.6.20260815-111.1

    A terminal descriptions database

    x86_64tumbleweed
  16. terminfo-base

    openSUSE Tumbleweed / System/Base / source ncurses

    6.6.20260815-111.1

    A terminal descriptions database

    x86_64tumbleweed
  17. terminfo-iterm

    openSUSE Tumbleweed / System/Base / source ncurses

    6.6.20260815-111.1

    A terminal descriptions database for iterm

    x86_64tumbleweed
  18. terminfo-screen

    openSUSE Tumbleweed / System/Base / source ncurses

    6.6.20260815-111.1

    A terminal descriptions database for screen

    x86_64tumbleweed

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