How to install libcncurses5-dev for ubuntu 9.10 offline

Question

I want to install libncurses5-dev in a PC with no internet connection, while I can download it from another PC having internet.I have tried to install libncurses5-dev by using following commands

sudo apt-get update sudo apt-get install libncurses5-dev

The error displayed is

Reading package lists... Done Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done E: Unable to locate package libncurses5-dev

I am trying to download the libncurses5-dev package from internet on other PC but unable to find libncurses5-dev package for Ubuntu 9.10 version. How to download and install the libncurses5-dev package?

Ubuntu 9.10 is no longer supported, and is thus off-topic here - however, have a look at How to install software or upgrade from an old unsupported release? You may be able to download the .deb file from here for offline installation. — Jonas Czech, Jun 16 '16 at 10:23
In addition - you should really consider to upgrade to a supported version (if possible). Ubuntu 9.10 was supported until April 2011 - which is .....history ;) — dufte, Jun 16 '16 at 10:49

score 0 · Answer 1 · answered Jun 16 '16 at 11:02

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Go to Ubuntu launchpad and download libcncurses5-dev.deb then copy it to pendrive, transfer it to the other PC, and give the command:

dpkg -i libcncurses5-dev.deb

Good luck. And do consider upgrading to a supported version of Ubuntu.

answered Jun 16 '16 at 11:02

rancho

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score 0 · Answer 2 · answered Jun 16 '16 at 14:43

Ubuntu 9.10 used libncurses5_5.7, like libncurses5_5.7+20090803-2ubuntu2_i386.deb

All packages, release version :

libncurses5_5.7+20090803-2ubuntu2_i386.deb
libncurses5-dev_5.7+20090803-2ubuntu2_i386.deb
libncursesw5_5.7+20090803-2ubuntu2_i386.deb
ncurses-bin_5.7+20090803-2ubuntu2_i386.deb
ncurses-base_5.7+20090803-2ubuntu2_all.deb
ncurses-term_5.7+20090803-2ubuntu2_all.deb

Link to all packages http://old-releases.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/pool/main/n/ncurses/

How to install libcncurses5-dev for ubuntu 9.10 offline

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