How to Install and Uninstall libc6-dev-x32 Package on Ubuntu 20.10 (Groovy Gorilla)

Last updated: December 24,2024

1. Install "libc6-dev-x32" package

This is a short guide on how to install libc6-dev-x32 on Ubuntu 20.10 (Groovy Gorilla)


    
        
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
                libc6-dev-x32
            
                    
    
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2. Uninstall "libc6-dev-x32" package

Please follow the step by step instructions below to uninstall libc6-dev-x32 on Ubuntu 20.10 (Groovy Gorilla):


    
        
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                sudo apt remove
            
                        
                libc6-dev-x32
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the libc6-dev-x32 package on Ubuntu 20.10 (Groovy Gorilla)

Package: libc6-dev-x32
Architecture: amd64
Version: 2.32-0ubuntu3
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: 9378
Depends: libc6-x32 (= 2.32-0ubuntu3), libc6-dev-i386 (= 2.32-0ubuntu3), libc6-dev (= 2.32-0ubuntu3)
Recommends: gcc-multilib
Filename: pool/main/g/glibc/libc6-dev-x32_2.32-0ubuntu3_amd64.deb
Size: 1682812
MD5sum: 867c51377253fc86c5c09dd1776cbf65
SHA1: 7cc0311d0e351598019b0f163aafdcad0b697292
SHA256: 9c41b91d3222c448cb14a1ef517ea50ac5771bd68a911a96ecd5724baac838da
SHA512: 7faa31de484f67d9f84f2475f96b0c6855476a0568424d6653e7fb00fe1f344ea3856e6e37f393cf0712a32912f59f24310b851b392802e8c2a9c6a4f9686f90
Homepage: https://www.gnu.org/software/libc/libc.html
Description-en: GNU C Library: X32 ABI Development Libraries for AMD64
Contains the symlinks and object files needed to compile and link programs
which use the standard C library. This is the X32 ABI version of the
library, meant for amd64 systems.
Description-md5: 0859bbe63e876c4ed2ca05543b5d535f
Original-Vcs-Browser: https://salsa.debian.org/glibc-team/glibc
Original-Vcs-Git: https://salsa.debian.org/glibc-team/glibc.git