How to Install and Uninstall glibc-source Package on Debian 10 (Buster)

Last updated: May 03,2024

1. Install "glibc-source" package

Learn how to install glibc-source on Debian 10 (Buster)


    
        
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                sudo apt update
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
                glibc-source
            
                    
    
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2. Uninstall "glibc-source" package

Please follow the guidance below to uninstall glibc-source on Debian 10 (Buster):


    
        
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                sudo apt remove
            
                        
                glibc-source
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the glibc-source package on Debian 10 (Buster)

Package: glibc-source
Source: glibc
Version: 2.28-10+deb10u1
Installed-Size: 23570
Maintainer: GNU Libc Maintainers
Architecture: all
Replaces: eglibc-source
Recommends: xz-utils
Conflicts: eglibc-source
Breaks: cross-toolchain-base (<< 29~), cross-toolchain-base-ports (<< 25~)
Description: GNU C Library: sources
Description-md5: 1892ef83f2f36db0d236ccc041158b32
Multi-Arch: foreign
Homepage: https://www.gnu.org/software/libc/libc.html
Section: devel
Priority: optional
Filename: pool/main/g/glibc/glibc-source_2.28-10+deb10u1_all.deb
Size: 18360260
MD5sum: 5b0f544b845b2e4aa8833d9ed1f0a146
SHA256: 3b7025d66601c7d1a05aabc369a02d09c4b72c37e9a1e10d47855231d843c24f