How to Install and Uninstall libc6 Package on Ubuntu 24.04 LTS (Noble Numbat)

Last updated: May 18,2024

1. Install "libc6" package

Here is a brief guide to show you how to install libc6 on Ubuntu 24.04 LTS (Noble Numbat)


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

In this section, we are going to explain the necessary steps to uninstall libc6 on Ubuntu 24.04 LTS (Noble Numbat):


    
        
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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 Ubuntu 24.04 LTS (Noble Numbat)

Package: libc6
Architecture: amd64
Version: 2.39-0ubuntu2
Multi-Arch: same
Priority: required
Section: libs
Source: glibc
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: GNU Libc Maintainers
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 13429
Depends: libgcc-s1
Recommends: libidn2-0 (>= 2.0.5~)
Suggests: glibc-doc, debconf | debconf-2.0, locales, libnss-nis, libnss-nisplus
Breaks: chrony (<< 4.2-3~), cyrus-imapd (<< 3.6.1-2ubuntu1), fakechroot (<< 2.19-3.5), firefox (<< 91~), firefox-esr (<< 91~), gnumach-image-1.8-486 (<< 2:1.8+git20210923~), gnumach-image-1.8-486-dbg (<< 2:1.8+git20210923~), gnumach-image-1.8-xen-486 (<< 2:1.8+git20210923~), gnumach-image-1.8-xen-486-dbg (<< 2:1.8+git20210923~), hurd (<< 1:0.9.git20220301-2), locales (<< 2.39), locales-all (<< 2.39), nscd (<< 2.39), python3-iptables (<< 1.0.0-2), tinydns (<< 1:1.05-14), valgrind (<< 1:3.19.0-1~)
Replaces: libc6-amd64
Filename: pool/main/g/glibc/libc6_2.39-0ubuntu2_amd64.deb
Size: 3262066
MD5sum: 94e3a56019d953bd73e7e25bd0b8735b
SHA1: 6a39d809e6ef628a6864f7c36c8ae0699116f7c2
SHA256: 4bd128b75db38b7e9147c0333908e2c7fbc41631f284360f95118fe1c6c162f3
SHA512: ae5d4ac8ec1aed96a2b90ace3d14ee1514c4d581f0eb78d5100872989f0e1a1b06577e60939e7c0e5239c214a158aef9074f47a274eaf2f4d751cba74f8e6965
Homepage: https://www.gnu.org/software/libc/libc.html
Description: GNU C Library: Shared libraries
Description-md5: fc3001b0b90a1c8e6690b283a619d57f
Task: cloud-minimal, minimal, server-minimal
Original-Vcs-Browser: https://salsa.debian.org/glibc-team/glibc
Original-Vcs-Git: https://salsa.debian.org/glibc-team/glibc.git