How to Install and Uninstall glibc-source Package on Kali Linux

Last updated: December 25,2024

1. Install "glibc-source" package

Here is a brief guide to show you how to install glibc-source on Kali Linux

$ sudo apt update $ sudo apt install glibc-source

2. Uninstall "glibc-source" package

This is a short guide on how to uninstall glibc-source on Kali Linux:

$ sudo apt remove glibc-source $ sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove

3. Information about the glibc-source package on Kali Linux

Package: glibc-source
Source: glibc
Version: 2.37-12
Installed-Size: 21294
Maintainer: GNU Libc Maintainers
Architecture: all
Recommends: xz-utils
Size: 19688252
SHA256: 0bb5fd66333493bff5972f973e05e8d72c4b8641e514c8a4721f86b24cf11fba
SHA1: 1f5cc55e1a990b8f072c5f724c779405605ec2f5
MD5sum: 92922b022e6f9affa613ce6c21bb4dfe
Description: GNU C Library: sources
This package contains the sources and patches which are needed to
build glibc.
Description-md5:
Multi-Arch: foreign
Homepage: https://www.gnu.org/software/libc/libc.html
Section: devel
Priority: optional
Filename: pool/main/g/glibc/glibc-source_2.37-12_all.deb