How to Install and Uninstall binfmtc Package on Ubuntu 20.10 (Groovy Gorilla)

Last updated: May 09,2024

1. Install "binfmtc" package

This guide let you learn how to install binfmtc on Ubuntu 20.10 (Groovy Gorilla)

$ sudo apt update $ sudo apt install binfmtc

2. Uninstall "binfmtc" package

This guide covers the steps necessary to uninstall binfmtc on Ubuntu 20.10 (Groovy Gorilla):

$ sudo apt remove binfmtc $ sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove

3. Information about the binfmtc package on Ubuntu 20.10 (Groovy Gorilla)

Package: binfmtc
Architecture: amd64
Version: 0.17-2
Priority: extra
Section: universe/utils
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Junichi Uekawa
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 113
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.8), gcc, binutils, g++, binfmt-support
Recommends: libreadline-dev
Suggests: gfortran, gcj-jdk
Filename: pool/universe/b/binfmtc/binfmtc_0.17-2_amd64.deb
Size: 19976
MD5sum: 789db4ede49ec970afd0625da7f69f37
SHA1: 3d81fa243151545a50ca3ca7925d2733338da1b1
SHA256: 52c90a86d50958fd56bbab451271d130549b9f245a0e307f3873293153a36012
SHA512: 695911a074ad3a4641a5560196d194a79127bb1ee66c2818e35fa53d29658bc83c1b637d28acc32d9633f8f71bdaa148f03f8aa0d0b187df94fb89ff44c5920b
Description-en: Execute C program as script
Linux binfmt_misc handler for C, C++, Assembly languages, Pascal,
Fortran, Java(GCJ).
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Using the binfmt_misc interface, binfmtc allows users to
seamlessly execute C source code as if they were scripts.
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Includes example utilities realcsh.c, realksh.c, which are for your
real C scripting pleasures.
Description-md5: ecee66ef1f7ec71b9bd11b3337420843