How to Install and Uninstall libc6-amd64 Package on Ubuntu 22.04 LTS (Jammy Jellyfish)

Last updated: February 24,2025

Deprecated! Installation of this package may no longer be supported.

You can also install and uninstall the libc6-amd64 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-amd64" package

This tutorial shows how to install libc6-amd64 on Ubuntu 22.04 LTS (Jammy Jellyfish)


    
        
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
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2. Uninstall "libc6-amd64" package

This tutorial shows how to uninstall libc6-amd64 on Ubuntu 22.04 LTS (Jammy Jellyfish):


    
        
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the libc6-amd64 package on Ubuntu 22.04 LTS (Jammy Jellyfish)

Package: libc6-amd64
Architecture: i386
Version: 2.34-0ubuntu3
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: 12274
Depends: libc6 (= 2.34-0ubuntu3)
Conflicts: libc0.1-i386, libc6-amd64:x32, libc6-i386, libc6-mips32, libc6-mips64, libc6-mipsn32, libc6-powerpc, libc6-ppc64, libc6-s390, libc6-sparc, libc6-sparc64, libc6-x32:amd64
Filename: pool/main/g/glibc/libc6-amd64_2.34-0ubuntu3_i386.deb
Size: 2788162
MD5sum: f57262ba526fec9b30bbcf59a7bac4fc
SHA1: d02892ac2aef1c40fc0dbe2442ea22d6f6c15eb8
SHA256: 497789a500394a9d178b74b82b788493c83244a17ebbe3ee9bfa0710e4f4d65f
SHA512: 8e0183762a4e1bdfd42f3ac4eb6d77d5fbc2950e4f6edcf35fdc2532929623ceb842e62c1a6c21c97ae55c9ce97de4a231e78003580bd8c54a75629a8b7855c5
Homepage: https://www.gnu.org/software/libc/libc.html
Description-en: GNU C Library: 64bit 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 64bit version
of the library, meant for AMD64 systems.
Description-md5: 022f588c27f2c9d2908a07c0e916177e
Original-Vcs-Browser: https://salsa.debian.org/glibc-team/glibc
Original-Vcs-Git: https://salsa.debian.org/glibc-team/glibc.git