How to Install and Uninstall libc6 Package on Debian 10 (Buster)

Last updated: October 05,2024

1. Install "libc6" package

Please follow the guidance below to install libc6 on Debian 10 (Buster)


    
        
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                sudo apt update
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
                libc6
            
                    
    
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2. Uninstall "libc6" package

This is a short guide on how to uninstall libc6 on Debian 10 (Buster):


    
        
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                sudo apt remove
            
                        
                libc6
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the libc6 package on Debian 10 (Buster)

Package: libc6
Source: glibc
Version: 2.28-10+deb10u1
Installed-Size: 12333
Maintainer: GNU Libc Maintainers
Architecture: amd64
Replaces: libc6-amd64
Depends: libgcc1
Recommends: libidn2-0 (>= 2.0.5~)
Suggests: glibc-doc, debconf | debconf-2.0, libc-l10n, locales
Conflicts: openrc (<< 0.27-2~)
Breaks: hurd (<< 1:0.5.git20140203-1), libtirpc1 (<< 0.2.3), locales (<< 2.28), locales-all (<< 2.28), nocache (<< 1.1-1~), nscd (<< 2.28), r-cran-later (<< 0.7.5+dfsg-2)
Description: GNU C Library: Shared libraries
Description-md5: fc3001b0b90a1c8e6690b283a619d57f
Multi-Arch: same
Homepage: https://www.gnu.org/software/libc/libc.html
Tag: role::shared-lib
Section: libs
Priority: optional
Filename: pool/main/g/glibc/libc6_2.28-10+deb10u1_amd64.deb
Size: 2863212
MD5sum: 6cb3611011b0faa47c213a7790694c28
SHA256: 0ee0f0bfcd7b59ffda1dbc76ef58fa79512913204f2a336206467bfbf45bc69f