How to Install and Uninstall libc6 Package on Ubuntu 22.04 LTS (Jammy Jellyfish)

Last updated: May 15,2024

You can also install and uninstall the libc6 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 "libc6" package

This guide covers the steps necessary to install libc6 on Ubuntu 22.04 LTS (Jammy Jellyfish)


    
        
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
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2. Uninstall "libc6" package

Learn how to uninstall libc6 on Ubuntu 22.04 LTS (Jammy Jellyfish):


    
        
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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 package on Ubuntu 22.04 LTS (Jammy Jellyfish)

Package: libc6
Architecture: amd64
Version: 2.35-0ubuntu3.6
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: 13597
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 (<< 2.35), locales-all (<< 2.35), macs (<< 2.2.7.1-3~), nocache (<< 1.1-1~), nscd (<< 2.35), 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_2.35-0ubuntu3.6_amd64.deb
Size: 3235720
MD5sum: d7bf51d1c944a19636265560b1855a28
SHA1: d59827676e9a796d83e2408b19552b2282b70ab8
SHA256: 6e20662b2c1347d069819261c6fd4c158e95fa13e91e31bb72b575f96da6a906
SHA512: 5aad5d5f6067181fb588707794cbc7ca95dcb6d063be2587f8ee7ca67ba71be85946a02213a6e851ee4b0121edd9dbf45fed9af887e9346e710674d9359c8da4
Homepage: https://www.gnu.org/software/libc/libc.html
Description: GNU C Library: Shared libraries
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

Package: libc6
Architecture: amd64
Version: 2.35-0ubuntu3
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: 13592
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 (<< 2.35), locales-all (<< 2.35), macs (<< 2.2.7.1-3~), nocache (<< 1.1-1~), nscd (<< 2.35), 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_2.35-0ubuntu3_amd64.deb
Size: 3235142
MD5sum: a5195b20efd4841287f8c6c955af72ca
SHA1: acb061472bf9d12b2ebb1237ace2bc28843e33c9
SHA256: ea9a27e0ebdd0cfc9c750d94f8074f3a35d1f97dcc77ae04c370fb498a6b6db2
SHA512: 7f129f7f0bf22e542e47e125b1b1b852c9078e2e5f151210e307ac53b96b2c7708178ee6bdce3494bc39de2269949773e71cd7dd61f67bb3dc3c0d372e56ffae
Homepage: https://www.gnu.org/software/libc/libc.html
Description: GNU C Library: Shared libraries
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