How to Install and Uninstall libc6-dev Package on Ubuntu 18.04 LTS (Bionic Beaver)

Last updated: November 25,2024

1. Install "libc6-dev" package

This is a short guide on how to install libc6-dev on Ubuntu 18.04 LTS (Bionic Beaver)


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

Please follow the guidance below to uninstall libc6-dev on Ubuntu 18.04 LTS (Bionic Beaver):


    
        
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                sudo apt remove
            
                        
                libc6-dev
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the libc6-dev package on Ubuntu 18.04 LTS (Bionic Beaver)

Package: libc6-dev
Architecture: amd64
Version: 2.27-3ubuntu1.6
Multi-Arch: same
Priority: optional
Section: libdevel
Source: glibc
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: GNU Libc Maintainers
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 18825
Provides: libc-dev
Depends: libc6 (= 2.27-3ubuntu1.6), libc-dev-bin (= 2.27-3ubuntu1.6), linux-libc-dev
Suggests: glibc-doc, manpages-dev
Conflicts: libc0.1-dev, libc0.3-dev, libc6.1-dev
Breaks: binutils (<< 2.26), binutils-gold (<< 2.20.1-11), cmake (<< 2.8.4+dfsg.1-5), gcc-4.4 (<< 4.4.6-4), gcc-4.5 (<< 4.5.3-2), gcc-4.6 (<< 4.6.0-12), libhwloc-dev (<< 1.2-3), libjna-java (<< 3.2.7-4), liblouis-dev (<< 2.3.0-2), liblouisxml-dev (<< 2.4.0-2), libperl5.26 (<< 5.26.1-3), make (<< 3.81-8.1), pkg-config (<< 0.26-1)
Filename: pool/main/g/glibc/libc6-dev_2.27-3ubuntu1.6_amd64.deb
Size: 2586788
MD5sum: 3868ca9456355f4f193d8630129d2f11
SHA1: fa55654b985640a895918e1b5b1f1abe116ee668
SHA256: 96ae7d2cf38f0547ca3cccb3344c8802fdf5bcd71c4b6d9aed09558ac8cc87db
SHA512: aa603730c0d5d5336622a87bcadc4db9b8ceb73d6d11184525fa4aec23bfec44b4c769d9a04b38a4945a00872bb6d5b5b1e8285494f1d2c76f7dd84231abc22a
Homepage: https://www.gnu.org/software/libc/libc.html
Description: GNU C Library: Development Libraries and Header Files
Description-md5: 1bbdc717d9acdb44db940928d570e749
Task: lubuntu-gtk-desktop, lubuntu-desktop, lubuntu-qt-desktop, ubuntustudio-graphics
Original-Vcs-Browser: https://salsa.debian.org/glibc-team/glibc
Original-Vcs-Git: https://salsa.debian.org/glibc-team/glibc.git
Build-Essential: yes
Supported: 5y

Package: libc6-dev
Architecture: amd64
Version: 2.27-3ubuntu1.5
Multi-Arch: same
Priority: optional
Section: libdevel
Source: glibc
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: GNU Libc Maintainers
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 18825
Provides: libc-dev
Depends: libc6 (= 2.27-3ubuntu1.5), libc-dev-bin (= 2.27-3ubuntu1.5), linux-libc-dev
Suggests: glibc-doc, manpages-dev
Conflicts: libc0.1-dev, libc0.3-dev, libc6.1-dev
Breaks: binutils (<< 2.26), binutils-gold (<< 2.20.1-11), cmake (<< 2.8.4+dfsg.1-5), gcc-4.4 (<< 4.4.6-4), gcc-4.5 (<< 4.5.3-2), gcc-4.6 (<< 4.6.0-12), libhwloc-dev (<< 1.2-3), libjna-java (<< 3.2.7-4), liblouis-dev (<< 2.3.0-2), liblouisxml-dev (<< 2.4.0-2), libperl5.26 (<< 5.26.1-3), make (<< 3.81-8.1), pkg-config (<< 0.26-1)
Filename: pool/main/g/glibc/libc6-dev_2.27-3ubuntu1.5_amd64.deb
Size: 2586920
MD5sum: 389695e85e761a25336ad39a9ad97796
SHA1: 4569ec32fd52d9e685115cb35ae12c096953a4f9
SHA256: 9bbf759782ac78b05d761d41ad258f243d5ac73cee03ee456d4e69179d07975d
SHA512: 93ce3853aa28c07a27d0f804e9baa2d6b84aa7fbd3024ce0523f91e26644a0c1246cdd4ac9c018064b5703e5d02e87320fd929701a441d95075add886aab0137
Homepage: https://www.gnu.org/software/libc/libc.html
Description: GNU C Library: Development Libraries and Header Files
Description-md5: 1bbdc717d9acdb44db940928d570e749
Task: lubuntu-gtk-desktop, lubuntu-desktop, lubuntu-qt-desktop, ubuntustudio-graphics
Original-Vcs-Browser: https://salsa.debian.org/glibc-team/glibc
Original-Vcs-Git: https://salsa.debian.org/glibc-team/glibc.git
Build-Essential: yes
Supported: 5y

Package: libc6-dev
Architecture: amd64
Version: 2.27-3ubuntu1
Multi-Arch: same
Priority: optional
Section: libdevel
Source: glibc
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: GNU Libc Maintainers
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 18812
Provides: libc-dev
Depends: libc6 (= 2.27-3ubuntu1), libc-dev-bin (= 2.27-3ubuntu1), linux-libc-dev
Suggests: glibc-doc, manpages-dev
Conflicts: libc0.1-dev, libc0.3-dev, libc6.1-dev
Breaks: binutils (<< 2.26), binutils-gold (<< 2.20.1-11), cmake (<< 2.8.4+dfsg.1-5), gcc-4.4 (<< 4.4.6-4), gcc-4.5 (<< 4.5.3-2), gcc-4.6 (<< 4.6.0-12), libhwloc-dev (<< 1.2-3), libjna-java (<< 3.2.7-4), liblouis-dev (<< 2.3.0-2), liblouisxml-dev (<< 2.4.0-2), libperl5.26 (<< 5.26.1-3), make (<< 3.81-8.1), pkg-config (<< 0.26-1)
Filename: pool/main/g/glibc/libc6-dev_2.27-3ubuntu1_amd64.deb
Size: 2586592
MD5sum: 5124b57040a51b04d96e190a36c2c8f1
SHA1: 7b948442903694a1211c96809b8f17ca0be542a0
SHA256: e426c70a940a7d0c5c95823a5fd01f26bd8bcb08d109df2f8c96c439da8dc440
Homepage: https://www.gnu.org/software/libc/libc.html
Description: GNU C Library: Development Libraries and Header Files
Description-md5: 1bbdc717d9acdb44db940928d570e749
Task: lubuntu-gtk-desktop, lubuntu-desktop, lubuntu-qt-desktop, ubuntustudio-graphics
Build-Essential: yes
Supported: 5y