How to Install and Uninstall glibc-common.x86_64 Package on Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 (RHEL 8)

Last updated: January 11,2025

1. Install "glibc-common.x86_64" package

This guide covers the steps necessary to install glibc-common.x86_64 on Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 (RHEL 8)


    
        
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                sudo dnf update
            
                    
    
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                sudo dnf install
            
                        
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2. Uninstall "glibc-common.x86_64" package

Please follow the steps below to uninstall glibc-common.x86_64 on Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 (RHEL 8):


    
        
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                sudo dnf remove
            
                        
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                sudo dnf autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the glibc-common.x86_64 package on Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 (RHEL 8)

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Installed Packages
Name : glibc-common
Version : 2.28
Release : 236.el8_9.12
Architecture : x86_64
Size : 7.6 M
Source : glibc-2.28-236.el8_9.12.src.rpm
Repository : @System
Summary : Common binaries and locale data for glibc
URL : http://www.gnu.org/software/glibc/
License : LGPLv2+ and LGPLv2+ with exceptions and GPLv2+ and GPLv2+ with exceptions and BSD and Inner-Net and ISC and Public Domain and GFDL
Description : The glibc-common package includes common binaries for the GNU libc
: libraries, as well as national language (locale) support.