How to Install and Uninstall glibc-source Package on Ubuntu 20.10 (Groovy Gorilla)

Last updated: May 03,2024

1. Install "glibc-source" package

In this section, we are going to explain the necessary steps to install glibc-source on Ubuntu 20.10 (Groovy Gorilla)


    
        
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                sudo apt update
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
                glibc-source
            
                    
    
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2. Uninstall "glibc-source" package

In this section, we are going to explain the necessary steps to uninstall glibc-source on Ubuntu 20.10 (Groovy Gorilla):


    
        
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                sudo apt remove
            
                        
                glibc-source
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the glibc-source package on Ubuntu 20.10 (Groovy Gorilla)

Package: glibc-source
Architecture: all
Version: 2.32-0ubuntu3
Multi-Arch: foreign
Priority: optional
Section: universe/devel
Source: glibc
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: GNU Libc Maintainers
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 24141
Recommends: xz-utils
Breaks: cross-toolchain-base (<< 45~), cross-toolchain-base-mipsen (<< 10), cross-toolchain-base-ports (<< 37~)
Filename: pool/universe/g/glibc/glibc-source_2.32-0ubuntu3_all.deb
Size: 19035600
MD5sum: 65377d489466f59339c5bc2092d3443d
SHA1: 732132b30d249b8662ea53514679781126d85fc9
SHA256: 42850a0d580575dacedca75417c92e154c93b0a1618931c8b73c95c7d582c241
SHA512: a567e2a64767e761ccfe775149583e7879115e4dd169571d998c44be0df92564cb8bcdd03f671c540b52aa98ce48fdf4496ae7deed26edb21ea1275616357a81
Homepage: https://www.gnu.org/software/libc/libc.html
Description-en: GNU C Library: sources
This package contains the sources and patches which are needed to
build glibc.
Description-md5: 1892ef83f2f36db0d236ccc041158b32
Original-Vcs-Browser: https://salsa.debian.org/glibc-team/glibc
Original-Vcs-Git: https://salsa.debian.org/glibc-team/glibc.git