How to Install and Uninstall glibc-source Package on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)

Last updated: May 03,2024

1. Install "glibc-source" package

In this section, we are going to explain the necessary steps to install glibc-source on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)


    
        
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                sudo apt update
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
                glibc-source
            
                    
    
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2. Uninstall "glibc-source" package

Please follow the guidance below to uninstall glibc-source on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus):


    
        
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                sudo apt remove
            
                        
                glibc-source
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the glibc-source package on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)

Package: glibc-source
Architecture: all
Version: 2.23-0ubuntu11.3
Multi-Arch: foreign
Priority: optional
Section: universe/devel
Source: glibc
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: GNU Libc Maintainers
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 37726
Recommends: xz-utils
Conflicts: eglibc-source
Replaces: eglibc-source
Filename: pool/universe/g/glibc/glibc-source_2.23-0ubuntu11.3_all.deb
Size: 26019124
MD5sum: bb8948b40f8c9fe568a08ab7506955cb
SHA1: b26d731839d71e7caa49efd5c7128d4974a6d38f
SHA256: d9d8db7f3ee27a177549cbe2e8cabb40914d73f9b623e10567dbc29be68817ae
SHA512: c00dbeb13bc58c063ed6653b600d19191ca645d6b050a7c8ab07e9a0b5824c84331c78afbe23c664aea652fd163a319c7c8550eb0917c7d5f6d49d22253aa70c
Homepage: http://www.gnu.org/software/libc/libc.html
Description-en: GNU C Library: sources
This package contains the sources and patches which are needed to
build glibc.
Description-md5: 1892ef83f2f36db0d236ccc041158b32

Package: glibc-source
Priority: optional
Section: universe/devel
Installed-Size: 37997
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: GNU Libc Maintainers
Architecture: all
Source: glibc
Version: 2.23-0ubuntu3
Replaces: eglibc-source
Recommends: xz-utils
Conflicts: eglibc-source
Filename: pool/universe/g/glibc/glibc-source_2.23-0ubuntu3_all.deb
Size: 26569040
MD5sum: a3aad17b1090fc1c1c2237e981ccab5d
SHA1: 9e9ce9cdc5fbc3f58afd78ccff9c7fb9f00f1623
SHA256: 845c132ab96499f6bbf647a802e7d9fe8ae3f37b166e539f75e54d5d7a0813eb
Description-en: GNU C Library: sources
This package contains the sources and patches which are needed to
build glibc.
Description-md5: 1892ef83f2f36db0d236ccc041158b32
Multi-Arch: foreign
Homepage: http://www.gnu.org/software/libc/libc.html
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Origin: Ubuntu