How to Install and Uninstall libc6-i386 Package on Debian 12 (Bookworm)

Last updated: May 12,2024

You can also install and uninstall the libc6-i386 on the following distributions in the same way, as they are all based on the Debian system

MX Linux 23
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1. Install "libc6-i386" package

Please follow the instructions below to install libc6-i386 on Debian 12 (Bookworm)


    
        
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
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2. Uninstall "libc6-i386" package

This guide covers the steps necessary to uninstall libc6-i386 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 libc6-i386 package on Debian 12 (Bookworm)

Package: libc6-i386
Source: glibc
Version: 2.36-9+deb12u4
Installed-Size: 11896
Maintainer: GNU Libc Maintainers
Architecture: amd64
Replaces: libc6-dev-i386
Depends: libc6 (= 2.36-9+deb12u4)
Conflicts: libc0.1-i386, libc6-amd64, libc6-i386:x32, libc6-mips32, libc6-mips64, libc6-mipsn32, libc6-powerpc, libc6-ppc64, libc6-s390, libc6-sparc, libc6-sparc64, libc6-x32:i386
Description: GNU C Library: 32-bit shared libraries for AMD64
Description-md5: 126bea51eae6ba3832096d4d56bfd9d2
Homepage: https://www.gnu.org/software/libc/libc.html
Tag: role::shared-lib
Section: libs
Priority: optional
Filename: pool/main/g/glibc/libc6-i386_2.36-9+deb12u4_amd64.deb
Size: 2459412
MD5sum: 588430e6f01d6ec22439123df9190a21
SHA256: 3d7eb412718c9ba990497cc79a658961a2eaa0e2481cb8621519ab87dca936bd