How to Install and Uninstall libc6-dbg Package on Ubuntu 21.04 (Hirsute Hippo)

Last updated: May 20,2024

1. Install "libc6-dbg" package

Please follow the instructions below to install libc6-dbg on Ubuntu 21.04 (Hirsute Hippo)

$ sudo apt update $ sudo apt install libc6-dbg

2. Uninstall "libc6-dbg" package

This guide covers the steps necessary to uninstall libc6-dbg on Ubuntu 21.04 (Hirsute Hippo):

$ sudo apt remove libc6-dbg $ sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove

3. Information about the libc6-dbg package on Ubuntu 21.04 (Hirsute Hippo)

Package: libc6-dbg
Architecture: amd64
Version: 2.33-0ubuntu5
Multi-Arch: same
Priority: extra
Section: debug
Source: glibc
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: GNU Libc Maintainers
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 54319
Provides: libc-dbg, libc6-dbgsym
Depends: libc6 (= 2.33-0ubuntu5)
Filename: pool/main/g/glibc/libc6-dbg_2.33-0ubuntu5_amd64.deb
Size: 8713540
MD5sum: 37af00b019b175abf388aa656fd5bc7e
SHA1: f61f33fe3293aaaf7eafcbd05c1a4e5cb4583a00
SHA256: 156b660c5544903dcf005780cfb5b8cf5812ec27bdf29027ab8ace1f56c08309
SHA512: ad061965be8b0a333ed309a48fd0092ee53431ec10624849b9b35726d80dff40a3fdf31144e6dbba191368f66398189ce82fde1e92fbaa296d9086e5b796e2e8
Homepage: https://www.gnu.org/software/libc/libc.html
Description-en: GNU C Library: detached debugging symbols
This package contains the detached debugging symbols for the GNU C
library.
Description-md5: bbc98343da14bf76d4a45c2181fd8902
Task: ubuntu-desktop-minimal, ubuntu-desktop, kubuntu-desktop, xubuntu-desktop, ubuntustudio-desktop-core, ubuntustudio-desktop, ubuntukylin-desktop, ubuntu-mate-core, ubuntu-mate-desktop, ubuntu-budgie-desktop, ubuntu-budgie-desktop-raspi
Original-Vcs-Browser: https://salsa.debian.org/glibc-team/glibc
Original-Vcs-Git: https://salsa.debian.org/glibc-team/glibc.git