How to Install and Uninstall libc6-x32 Package on Ubuntu 21.04 (Hirsute Hippo)

Last updated: December 22,2024

1. Install "libc6-x32" package

Please follow the instructions below to install libc6-x32 on Ubuntu 21.04 (Hirsute Hippo)


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

Please follow the guidance below to uninstall libc6-x32 on Ubuntu 21.04 (Hirsute Hippo):


    
        
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                sudo apt remove
            
                        
                libc6-x32
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the libc6-x32 package on Ubuntu 21.04 (Hirsute Hippo)

Package: libc6-x32
Architecture: amd64
Version: 2.33-0ubuntu5
Priority: optional
Section: libs
Source: glibc
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: GNU Libc Maintainers
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 12898
Depends: libc6 (= 2.33-0ubuntu5)
Conflicts: libc0.1-i386, libc6-amd64, libc6-i386:x32, libc6-mips32, libc6-mips64, libc6-mipsn32, libc6-powerpc, libc6-ppc64, libc6-s390, libc6-sparc, libc6-sparc64, libc6-x32:i386
Filename: pool/main/g/glibc/libc6-x32_2.33-0ubuntu5_amd64.deb
Size: 2680380
MD5sum: eef1219b6974f85aea3f2faab5b58ceb
SHA1: 3887e0c46ed88d2db6d7627367df185898ac680b
SHA256: 0f8e774cc1fc84553d963ca4f1a1864323435efce5ca9239bda33e374d6fd562
SHA512: ff89b8ff809adb702f5cf57534e884d8288b3abeb31a026200e0b0f2be873fbba8fe389b8ab592af1d7e199c5fe393a8b0713e486d3e0db2f33903254a6dc03d
Homepage: https://www.gnu.org/software/libc/libc.html
Description-en: GNU C Library: X32 ABI Shared libraries for AMD64
This package includes shared versions of the standard C library and the
standard math library, as well as many others. This is the X32 ABI version
of the library, meant for AMD64 systems.
Description-md5: 010abf82e546e9de191aa54ef585d592
Original-Vcs-Browser: https://salsa.debian.org/glibc-team/glibc
Original-Vcs-Git: https://salsa.debian.org/glibc-team/glibc.git