How to Install and Uninstall libc6-dev Package on Ubuntu 20.10 (Groovy Gorilla)

Last updated: December 23,2024

1. Install "libc6-dev" package

This is a short guide on how to install libc6-dev on Ubuntu 20.10 (Groovy Gorilla)


    
        
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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

Here is a brief guide to show you how to uninstall libc6-dev on Ubuntu 20.10 (Groovy Gorilla):


    
        
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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 20.10 (Groovy Gorilla)

Package: libc6-dev
Architecture: amd64
Version: 2.32-0ubuntu3
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: 14704
Provides: libc-dev
Depends: libc6 (= 2.32-0ubuntu3), libc-dev-bin (= 2.32-0ubuntu3), linux-libc-dev, libcrypt-dev, rpcsvc-proto, libtirpc-dev, libnsl-dev
Suggests: glibc-doc, manpages-dev
Conflicts: libc0.1-dev, libc0.3-dev, libc6.1-dev
Breaks: libc6-dev-amd64-cross (<< 2.32~), libgcc-10-dev (<< 10-20200321-1~), libgcc-7-dev (<< 7.5.0-6~), libgcc-8-dev (<< 8.4.0-2~), libgcc-9-dev (<< 9.3.0-5~), libperl5.26 (<< 5.26.1-3), python3.7 (<< 3.7.7-1+b1), python3.8 (<< 3.8.2-1+b1)
Filename: pool/main/g/glibc/libc6-dev_2.32-0ubuntu3_amd64.deb
Size: 2130204
MD5sum: 879989b4119a73c59dbf49ba7676b207
SHA1: 9834d279131eccc2f3ae6630821e0024250194eb
SHA256: f3098ff3ed65965982a4e555af0b123dde217c0dfbe79d8dff922a1f03199fbb
SHA512: 2e1bedf55775afd5766ab5cf62e177380455bccfe9f751391b1918c3a041893ec12d6547a2eb73eb46adb5c9d6fa0a27455544b24dac1c69967a2a1d426ef808
Homepage: https://www.gnu.org/software/libc/libc.html
Description-en: GNU C Library: Development Libraries and Header Files
Contains the symlinks, headers, and object files needed to compile
and link programs which use the standard C library.
Description-md5: 1bbdc717d9acdb44db940928d570e749
Task: ubuntu-mate-core, ubuntu-mate-desktop
Original-Vcs-Browser: https://salsa.debian.org/glibc-team/glibc
Original-Vcs-Git: https://salsa.debian.org/glibc-team/glibc.git
Build-Essential: yes