How to Install and Uninstall glibc.i686 Package on Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 (RHEL 8)

Last updated: November 29,2024

1. Install "glibc.i686" package

Please follow the guidelines below to install glibc.i686 on Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 (RHEL 8)


    
        
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                sudo dnf update
            
                    
    
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                sudo dnf install
            
                        
                glibc.i686
            
                    
    
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2. Uninstall "glibc.i686" package

Please follow the step by step instructions below to uninstall glibc.i686 on Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 (RHEL 8):


    
        
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                sudo dnf remove
            
                        
                glibc.i686
            
                    
    
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                sudo dnf autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the glibc.i686 package on Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 (RHEL 8)

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Available Packages
Name : glibc
Version : 2.28
Release : 236.el8_9.12
Architecture : i686
Size : 2.0 M
Source : glibc-2.28-236.el8_9.12.src.rpm
Repository : ubi-8-baseos-rpms
Summary : The GNU libc libraries
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 package contains standard libraries which are used by
: multiple programs on the system. In order to save disk space and
: memory, as well as to make upgrading easier, common system code is
: kept in one place and shared between programs. This particular package
: contains the most important sets of shared libraries: the standard C
: library and the standard math library. Without these two libraries, a
: Linux system will not function.