How to Install and Uninstall libc6 Package on Debian 11 (Bullseye)

Last updated: May 18,2024

1. Install "libc6" package

This guide let you learn how to install libc6 on Debian 11 (Bullseye)


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

This guide covers the steps necessary to uninstall libc6 on Debian 11 (Bullseye):


    
        
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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 11 (Bullseye)

Package: libc6
Source: glibc
Version: 2.31-13+deb11u3
Installed-Size: 12772
Maintainer: GNU Libc Maintainers
Architecture: amd64
Replaces: libc6-amd64
Depends: libgcc-s1, libcrypt1
Recommends: libidn2-0 (>= 2.0.5~), libnss-nis, libnss-nisplus
Suggests: glibc-doc, debconf | debconf-2.0, libc-l10n, locales
Breaks: busybox (<< 1.30.1-6), hurd (<< 1:0.9.git20170910-1), ioquake3 (<< 1.36+u20200211.f2c61c1~dfsg-2~), iraf-fitsutil (<< 2018.07.06-4), libgegl-0.4-0 (<< 0.4.18), libtirpc1 (<< 0.2.3), locales (<< 2.31), locales-all (<< 2.31), macs (<< 2.2.7.1-3~), nocache (<< 1.1-1~), nscd (<< 2.31), openarena (<< 0.8.8+dfsg-4~), openssh-server (<< 1:8.1p1-5), r-cran-later (<< 0.7.5+dfsg-2), wcc (<< 0.0.2+dfsg-3)
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_2.31-13+deb11u3_amd64.deb
Size: 2810684
MD5sum: c296cdb20af7c6b551e7ea55668cdac2
SHA256: 2f029f16c32a7cf0403f8038c1cc8decc9d3a5fadffe087be0dfa2235bec2564