How to Install and Uninstall binfmtc Package on Ubuntu 22.04 LTS (Jammy Jellyfish)

Last updated: November 22,2024

You can also install and uninstall the binfmtc on the following distributions in the same way, as they are all based on the Ubuntu system

Kubuntu 22.04 LTS
Lubuntu 22.04 LTS
Xubuntu 22.04 LTS
Ubuntu MATE 22.04 LTS
Ubuntu Studio 22.04 LTS
Pop!_OS 22.04 LTS
Zorin OS 16 / Zorin OS 17
Ubuntu Budgie 22.04

1. Install "binfmtc" package

Please follow the guidelines below to install binfmtc on Ubuntu 22.04 LTS (Jammy Jellyfish)


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

This is a short guide on how to uninstall binfmtc on Ubuntu 22.04 LTS (Jammy Jellyfish):


    
        
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                sudo apt remove
            
                        
                binfmtc
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the binfmtc package on Ubuntu 22.04 LTS (Jammy Jellyfish)

Package: binfmtc
Architecture: amd64
Version: 0.17-2
Priority: extra
Section: universe/utils
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Junichi Uekawa
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 113
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.8), gcc, binutils, g++, binfmt-support
Recommends: libreadline-dev
Suggests: gfortran, gcj-jdk
Filename: pool/universe/b/binfmtc/binfmtc_0.17-2_amd64.deb
Size: 19976
MD5sum: 789db4ede49ec970afd0625da7f69f37
SHA1: 3d81fa243151545a50ca3ca7925d2733338da1b1
SHA256: 52c90a86d50958fd56bbab451271d130549b9f245a0e307f3873293153a36012
SHA512: 695911a074ad3a4641a5560196d194a79127bb1ee66c2818e35fa53d29658bc83c1b637d28acc32d9633f8f71bdaa148f03f8aa0d0b187df94fb89ff44c5920b
Description: Execute C program as script
Description-md5: ecee66ef1f7ec71b9bd11b3337420843