How to Install and Uninstall libc6-dev-x32 Package on Debian 10 (Buster)

Last updated: March 15,2025

1. Install "libc6-dev-x32" package

This guide covers the steps necessary to install libc6-dev-x32 on Debian 10 (Buster)


    
        
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                sudo apt update
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
                libc6-dev-x32
            
                    
    
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2. Uninstall "libc6-dev-x32" package

Please follow the instructions below to uninstall libc6-dev-x32 on Debian 10 (Buster):


    
        
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                sudo apt remove
            
                        
                libc6-dev-x32
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the libc6-dev-x32 package on Debian 10 (Buster)

Package: libc6-dev-x32
Source: glibc
Version: 2.28-10+deb10u1
Installed-Size: 12905
Maintainer: GNU Libc Maintainers
Architecture: amd64
Depends: libc6-x32 (= 2.28-10+deb10u1), libc6-dev-i386 (= 2.28-10+deb10u1), libc6-dev (= 2.28-10+deb10u1)
Recommends: gcc-multilib
Description: GNU C Library: X32 ABI Development Libraries for AMD64
Description-md5: 0859bbe63e876c4ed2ca05543b5d535f
Homepage: https://www.gnu.org/software/libc/libc.html
Tag: devel::library, role::devel-lib
Section: libdevel
Priority: optional
Filename: pool/main/g/glibc/libc6-dev-x32_2.28-10+deb10u1_amd64.deb
Size: 2245200
MD5sum: 3b9c5a9a7826cae754f1ebddda9a2279
SHA256: 1fd1669b2027750bf34e25b023ed36f69fec6d548cd77ad8a6d3a6a152266d49