Complete Guide: Installing glibc on Arch Linux 2025

1. Install "glibc" package

Please follow the guidance below to install glibc on Arch Linux


    
        
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                sudo pacman -Sy
            
                    
    
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                sudo pacman -S
            
                        
                glibc
            
                    
    
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2. Uninstall "glibc" package

Please follow the guidance below to uninstall glibc on Arch Linux:


    
        
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                sudo pacman -Rcns
            
                        
                glibc
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the glibc package on Arch Linux

Repository : core
Name : glibc
Version : 2.39-1
Description : GNU C Library
Architecture : x86_64
URL : https://www.gnu.org/software/libc
Licenses : GPL-2.0-or-later LGPL-2.1-or-later
Groups : None
Provides : None
Depends On : linux-api-headers>=4.10 tzdata filesystem
Optional Deps : gd: for memusagestat
perl: for mtrace
Conflicts With : None
Replaces : None
Download Size : 9.86 MiB
Installed Size : 47.27 MiB
Packager : Frederik Schwan
Build Date : Thu Feb 1 17:38:13 2024
Validated By : MD5 Sum SHA-256 Sum Signature