How to Install and Uninstall glibc-doc Package on Debian 12 (Bookworm)

Last updated: May 11,2024

You can also install and uninstall the glibc-doc on the following distributions in the same way, as they are all based on the Debian system

MX Linux 23
SparkyLinux

1. Install "glibc-doc" package

Here is a brief guide to show you how to install glibc-doc on Debian 12 (Bookworm)


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

This guide covers the steps necessary to uninstall glibc-doc on Debian 12 (Bookworm):


    
        
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                sudo apt remove
            
                        
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the glibc-doc package on Debian 12 (Bookworm)

Package: glibc-doc
Source: glibc
Version: 2.36-9+deb12u4
Installed-Size: 3448
Maintainer: GNU Libc Maintainers
Architecture: all
Suggests: glibc-doc-reference
Description: GNU C Library: Documentation
Description-md5: ec34f59d4398ff8ca003177c6585bf0a
Multi-Arch: foreign
Homepage: https://www.gnu.org/software/libc/libc.html
Tag: devel::doc, devel::lang:c, devel::library, implemented-in::c,
made-of::html, made-of::info, role::devel-lib, role::documentation,
suite::gnu
Section: doc
Priority: optional
Filename: pool/main/g/glibc/glibc-doc_2.36-9+deb12u4_all.deb
Size: 3475188
MD5sum: af0d15016b9886ebf8e94b4e201892fd
SHA256: e82a8335ab837cdad10617986d3a746f9756676468493d50bfafb6b1fa94dedb