How to Install and Uninstall libc-bin Package on Ubuntu 20.10 (Groovy Gorilla)

Last updated: January 24,2025

1. Install "libc-bin" package

This is a short guide on how to install libc-bin on Ubuntu 20.10 (Groovy Gorilla)


    
        
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                sudo apt update
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
                libc-bin
            
                    
    
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2. Uninstall "libc-bin" package

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


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

Package: libc-bin
Architecture: amd64
Version: 2.32-0ubuntu3
Multi-Arch: foreign
Priority: required
Essential: yes
Section: libs
Source: glibc
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: GNU Libc Maintainers
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 3687
Depends: libc6 (>> 2.32), libc6 (<< 2.33)
Suggests: manpages
Filename: pool/main/g/glibc/libc-bin_2.32-0ubuntu3_amd64.deb
Size: 628492
MD5sum: 4977f139167333e549255a9d22518b38
SHA1: 1509ec28fe66aff7cb5ecc632946de2db0ea4913
SHA256: c37c1ea7a1350b622c837a3b2ee47bc34270c8d6ac883bcaa28850b7d76b46f6
SHA512: f1144501ee93714f8e7692f6769b7ada4f26993ce1772ba3a6ee933160565b6f5bfd84e866ee068de131721c064696218c9b2a576e305e7c1202f47d4d1a16cc
Homepage: https://www.gnu.org/software/libc/libc.html
Description-en: GNU C Library: Binaries
This package contains utility programs related to the GNU C Library.
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* catchsegv: catch segmentation faults in programs
* getconf: query system configuration variables
* getent: get entries from administrative databases
* iconv, iconvconfig: convert between character encodings
* ldd, ldconfig: print/configure shared library dependencies
* locale, localedef: show/generate locale definitions
* tzselect, zdump, zic: select/dump/compile time zones
Description-md5: 7625903821514b57277d1bae69ec3c1a
Task: minimal
Original-Vcs-Browser: https://salsa.debian.org/glibc-team/glibc
Original-Vcs-Git: https://salsa.debian.org/glibc-team/glibc.git