How to Install and Uninstall libc-bin Package on Kali Linux

Last updated: January 24,2025

1. Install "libc-bin" package

Please follow the guidelines below to install libc-bin on Kali Linux


    
        
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                sudo apt update
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
                libc-bin
            
                    
    
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2. Uninstall "libc-bin" package

This tutorial shows how to uninstall libc-bin on Kali Linux:


    
        
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                sudo apt remove
            
                        
                libc-bin
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the libc-bin package on Kali Linux

Package: libc-bin
Source: glibc
Version: 2.37-12
Essential: yes
Installed-Size: 2020
Maintainer: GNU Libc Maintainers
Architecture: amd64
Depends: libc6 (>> 2.37), libc6 (<< 2.38)
Recommends: manpages
Breaks: dh-lua (<< 27+nmu1~)
Size: 601168
SHA256: 47ec305464ee42aa58882aab5d364094c2495bc193fc3da583f78f670e4347aa
SHA1: 3521cb6e6822ee9d2af2d8a64d0aa367422ef88d
MD5sum: 0c8c2d5180b4d3d29dae184a3d082d52
Description: GNU C Library: Binaries
This package contains utility programs related to the GNU C Library.
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* getconf: query system configuration variables
* getent: get entries from administrative databases
* iconv, iconvconfig: convert between character encodings
* ldd, ldconfig: print/configure shared library dependencies
* locale, localedef: show/generate locale definitions
* tzselect, zdump, zic: select/dump/compile time zones
Description-md5:
Multi-Arch: foreign
Homepage: https://www.gnu.org/software/libc/libc.html
Tag: role::shared-lib
Section: libs
Priority: required
Filename: pool/main/g/glibc/libc-bin_2.37-12_amd64.deb