How to Install and Uninstall libc6 Package on Ubuntu 23.10 (Mantic Minotaur)

Last updated: October 05,2024

1. Install "libc6" package

This guide covers the steps necessary to install libc6 on Ubuntu 23.10 (Mantic Minotaur)


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

Learn how to uninstall libc6 on Ubuntu 23.10 (Mantic Minotaur):


    
        
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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 23.10 (Mantic Minotaur)

Package: libc6
Architecture: amd64
Version: 2.38-1ubuntu6.1
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: 13413
Depends: libgcc-s1
Recommends: libidn2-0 (>= 2.0.5~), libnss-nis, libnss-nisplus
Suggests: glibc-doc, debconf | debconf-2.0, locales
Breaks: chrony (<< 4.2-3~), cyrus-imapd (<< 3.6.1-2ubuntu1), fakechroot (<< 2.19-3.5), firefox (<< 91~), firefox-esr (<< 91~), gnumach-image-1.8-486 (<< 2:1.8+git20210923~), gnumach-image-1.8-486-dbg (<< 2:1.8+git20210923~), gnumach-image-1.8-xen-486 (<< 2:1.8+git20210923~), gnumach-image-1.8-xen-486-dbg (<< 2:1.8+git20210923~), hurd (<< 1:0.9.git20220301-2), locales (<< 2.38), locales-all (<< 2.38), nscd (<< 2.38), python3-iptables (<< 1.0.0-2), tinydns (<< 1:1.05-14), valgrind (<< 1:3.19.0-1~)
Replaces: libc6-amd64
Filename: pool/main/g/glibc/libc6_2.38-1ubuntu6.1_amd64.deb
Size: 3248200
MD5sum: 5f21a7b76d1d6c6513cbf6598ae78a18
SHA1: 01f1034e843ca0da32e2386738ebaa55732d9e95
SHA256: 0114c391dbfe3ef7162bb869ca2edc2ba40af737ab6e3d2540c6808560322be2
SHA512: 9209f90a0effccc0bb34e1f8e78090abf58e9dd5da8c5581a8aa4c1937b6649bc751e0d29c5cb4c80d1c7ad0799f76b526852812e2e7ff50c6bfa404472be413
Homepage: https://www.gnu.org/software/libc/libc.html
Description: GNU C Library: Shared libraries
Description-md5: fc3001b0b90a1c8e6690b283a619d57f
Task: minimal, server-minimal, cloud-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: 2.38-1ubuntu6
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: 13413
Depends: libgcc-s1
Recommends: libidn2-0 (>= 2.0.5~), libnss-nis, libnss-nisplus
Suggests: glibc-doc, debconf | debconf-2.0, locales
Breaks: chrony (<< 4.2-3~), cyrus-imapd (<< 3.6.1-2ubuntu1), fakechroot (<< 2.19-3.5), firefox (<< 91~), firefox-esr (<< 91~), gnumach-image-1.8-486 (<< 2:1.8+git20210923~), gnumach-image-1.8-486-dbg (<< 2:1.8+git20210923~), gnumach-image-1.8-xen-486 (<< 2:1.8+git20210923~), gnumach-image-1.8-xen-486-dbg (<< 2:1.8+git20210923~), hurd (<< 1:0.9.git20220301-2), locales (<< 2.38), locales-all (<< 2.38), nscd (<< 2.38), python3-iptables (<< 1.0.0-2), tinydns (<< 1:1.05-14), valgrind (<< 1:3.19.0-1~)
Replaces: libc6-amd64
Filename: pool/main/g/glibc/libc6_2.38-1ubuntu6_amd64.deb
Size: 3248100
MD5sum: 0b7fbb83dd9442f6cbdbbbf0957f4c34
SHA1: ebffa602a12e5aa6b93e212818e79f00ec30172a
SHA256: 786ed55c2b990fc1feab8d57be03a940c261363cf5032916fc416ef2709ce05b
SHA512: efee71973450fd02bb0bc7935a034c930dc42ff248cdf208ce5231ad0b8fccb0badbb38d1603f1ab44baa16c235aa5cde7530342379047c17d1fe9842392e3fb
Homepage: https://www.gnu.org/software/libc/libc.html
Description: GNU C Library: Shared libraries
Description-md5: fc3001b0b90a1c8e6690b283a619d57f
Task: minimal, server-minimal, cloud-minimal
Original-Vcs-Browser: https://salsa.debian.org/glibc-team/glibc
Original-Vcs-Git: https://salsa.debian.org/glibc-team/glibc.git