How to Install and Uninstall libc6 Package on Ubuntu 21.10 (Impish Indri)

Last updated: May 21,2024

1. Install "libc6" package

In this section, we are going to explain the necessary steps to install libc6 on Ubuntu 21.10 (Impish Indri)


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

This tutorial shows how to uninstall libc6 on Ubuntu 21.10 (Impish Indri):


    
        
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                sudo apt remove
            
                        
                libc6
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the libc6 package on Ubuntu 21.10 (Impish Indri)

Package: libc6
Architecture: amd64
Version: 2.34-0ubuntu3
Multi-Arch: same
Priority: required
Section: libs
Source: glibc
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: GNU Libc Maintainers
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 12730
Depends: libgcc-s1, libcrypt1 (>= 1:4.4.10-10ubuntu4)
Recommends: libidn2-0 (>= 2.0.5~), libnss-nis, libnss-nisplus
Suggests: glibc-doc, debconf | debconf-2.0, locales
Breaks: busybox (<< 1.30.1-6), fakeroot (<< 1.25.3-1.1ubuntu2~), hurd (<< 1:0.9.git20170910-1), ioquake3 (<< 1.36+u20200211.f2c61c1~dfsg-2~), iraf-fitsutil (<< 2018.07.06-4), libgegl-0.4-0 (<< 0.4.18), libtirpc1 (<< 0.2.3), locales (<< 2.34), locales-all (<< 2.34), macs (<< 2.2.7.1-3~), nocache (<< 1.1-1~), nscd (<< 2.34), openarena (<< 0.8.8+dfsg-4~), openssh-server (<< 1:8.2p1-4), r-cran-later (<< 0.7.5+dfsg-2), wcc (<< 0.0.2+dfsg-3)
Replaces: libc6-amd64
Filename: pool/main/g/glibc/libc6_2.34-0ubuntu3_amd64.deb
Size: 3027942
MD5sum: 83d205b35266327c0cd2964129952d7a
SHA1: 73e8e389aeb500d5ac6849f80c06615ec2c1eb22
SHA256: 27e68efbb5d27b777a466bfa60f5adbe403131a55ddf74fc7244bcee1755b1b5
SHA512: e8ba66f114583af71ab2098135ecf68e4dd3a794715459ca7ed425e14ed8ac73ca6c70c567439dc1cfe2aa2087461d12bb44ddc69f9d884316b18228b2e4a66d
Homepage: https://www.gnu.org/software/libc/libc.html
Description-en: GNU C Library: Shared libraries
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: fc3001b0b90a1c8e6690b283a619d57f
Task: minimal, server-minimal
Original-Vcs-Browser: https://salsa.debian.org/glibc-team/glibc
Original-Vcs-Git: https://salsa.debian.org/glibc-team/glibc.git