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

Last updated: February 24,2025

1. Install "libc6-x32-cross" package

This guide covers the steps necessary to install libc6-x32-cross on Ubuntu 21.04 (Hirsute Hippo)


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

In this section, we are going to explain the necessary steps to uninstall libc6-x32-cross on Ubuntu 21.04 (Hirsute Hippo):


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

Package: libc6-x32-cross
Architecture: all
Version: 2.33-0ubuntu5cross1
Built-Using: binutils (= 2.36.1-6ubuntu1), linux (= 5.11.0-14.15), gcc-10 (= 10.3.0-1ubuntu1), glibc (= 2.33-0ubuntu5)
Multi-Arch: foreign
Priority: optional
Section: universe/libs
Source: cross-toolchain-base-ports (45ubuntu2)
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Provides: libc6-x32-dcv1
Replaces: libc6-x32-x32-cross
Filename: pool/universe/c/cross-toolchain-base-ports/libc6-x32-cross_2.33-0ubuntu5cross1_all.deb
Size: 1369448
MD5sum: a807f297493e5c2eba17c59a5b4bdec8
SHA1: 8fdfacfe2524614b0e8ab618800cd6dbd2c2566b
SHA256: 88094b7edd98b1383150a769507b50efa10d00f1aeddf2fded4085a7145d2474
SHA512: 95a74940b18eedd76a9cf7f0c1fde9e08b4783a0e633a5657660cf2584dcc1a8a0c8dad794eb877836194759229d8e7a3ffecdabf3a48a0d9321be20967093d0
Description-en: GNU C Library: Shared libraries (for cross-compiling)
This package was generated by dpkg-cross for cross compiling.
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Contains the standard libraries that are used by nearly all programs on
the system. This package includes shared versions of the standard C library
and the standard math library, as well as many others.
Description-md5: b266351f0a5ff19b39a85a1e2ab438d7