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

Last updated: May 03,2024

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

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1. Install "glibc-source" package

Learn how to install glibc-source on Debian 12 (Bookworm)


    
        
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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

This tutorial shows how to uninstall glibc-source on Debian 12 (Bookworm):


    
        
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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 12 (Bookworm)

Package: glibc-source
Source: glibc
Version: 2.36-9+deb12u4
Installed-Size: 25303
Maintainer: GNU Libc Maintainers
Architecture: all
Recommends: xz-utils
Breaks: cross-toolchain-base (<< 45~), cross-toolchain-base-mipsen (<< 10), cross-toolchain-base-ports (<< 37~)
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_2.36-9+deb12u4_all.deb
Size: 20386552
MD5sum: d88a18b633c0470364e14d4cbc3369e3
SHA256: 45425346340d36d1ec38e78e6efa8c08445c08551c9ce04236684086f73fec72