How to Install and Uninstall glibc-doc Package on Ubuntu 21.04 (Hirsute Hippo)

Last updated: May 15,2024

1. Install "glibc-doc" package

This tutorial shows how to install glibc-doc on Ubuntu 21.04 (Hirsute Hippo)


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

This guide covers the steps necessary to uninstall glibc-doc on Ubuntu 21.04 (Hirsute Hippo):


    
        
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                sudo apt remove
            
                        
                glibc-doc
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the glibc-doc package on Ubuntu 21.04 (Hirsute Hippo)

Package: glibc-doc
Architecture: all
Version: 2.33-0ubuntu5
Multi-Arch: foreign
Priority: optional
Section: doc
Source: glibc
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: GNU Libc Maintainers
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 3366
Depends: glibc-doc-reference (>= 2.18)
Filename: pool/main/g/glibc/glibc-doc_2.33-0ubuntu5_all.deb
Size: 22012
MD5sum: aaa77b479c68807b1e89221fe494fe8a
SHA1: 547f95284dcc74718fd44547f32ed66320c58590
SHA256: 462e719180b484e1c0117a89fff66b41c05af37dbff31ba3f526eb303886813a
SHA512: 018b176b9d665346aeb3c9bfcac5f9574a5e0efe59bcb2f59a1d1d961ddc68fee9a134819634090da48c9201ebd59fd960251a3692e70c50d8c6722e3e4b3531
Homepage: https://www.gnu.org/software/libc/libc.html
Description-en: GNU C Library: Documentation
Contains man pages for libpthread functions and the complete GNU C Library
ChangeLog. The GNU C Library Reference manual has been moved into
glibc-doc-reference for licensing reasons.
Description-md5: ec34f59d4398ff8ca003177c6585bf0a
Original-Vcs-Browser: https://salsa.debian.org/glibc-team/glibc
Original-Vcs-Git: https://salsa.debian.org/glibc-team/glibc.git