How to Install and Uninstall libc-bin Package on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)

Last updated: May 10,2024

1. Install "libc-bin" package

Please follow the guidelines below to install libc-bin on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)


    
        
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                sudo apt update
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
                libc-bin
            
                    
    
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2. Uninstall "libc-bin" package

This tutorial shows how to uninstall libc-bin on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus):


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

Package: libc-bin
Architecture: amd64
Version: 2.23-0ubuntu11.3
Multi-Arch: foreign
Priority: required
Essential: yes
Section: libs
Source: glibc
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: GNU Libc Maintainers
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 3484
Depends: libc6 (>> 2.23), libc6 (<< 2.24)
Suggests: manpages
Filename: pool/main/g/glibc/libc-bin_2.23-0ubuntu11.3_amd64.deb
Size: 628652
MD5sum: 8a40421dff175355071afc80b42aa3f8
SHA1: 2afa76fff234528f9f5fbb3916f3595f9293d409
SHA256: d981726e05393f2c8058e5efd1a15fff14fe319c380c5f43475f13b5a2dc6e38
SHA512: 601d99f80f7ba93e2fb78e4eecd1a6847750baa933f9a40b69dd7bcd5d8b8bee959b7b0d5fd7db604fc9ddba2a3408ee7f92557edacb7e6c42d6c52bd40b833e
Homepage: http://www.gnu.org/software/libc/libc.html
Description-en: GNU C Library: Binaries
This package contains utility programs related to the GNU C Library.
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* catchsegv: catch segmentation faults in programs
* getconf: query system configuration variables
* getent: get entries from administrative databases
* iconv, iconvconfig: convert between character encodings
* ldd, ldconfig: print/configure shared library dependencies
* locale, localedef: show/generate locale definitions
* tzselect, zdump, zic: select/dump/compile time zones
Description-md5: 7625903821514b57277d1bae69ec3c1a
Task: minimal
Supported: 5y

Package: libc-bin
Essential: yes
Priority: required
Section: libs
Installed-Size: 3477
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: GNU Libc Maintainers
Architecture: amd64
Source: glibc
Version: 2.23-0ubuntu3
Depends: libc6 (>> 2.23), libc6 (<< 2.24)
Suggests: manpages
Filename: pool/main/g/glibc/libc-bin_2.23-0ubuntu3_amd64.deb
Size: 627490
MD5sum: da55a1062667cd24a1bbb33064efd588
SHA1: 58a1f498ee27c16086968ca2c2fa4ad4006ab603
SHA256: 3de35adf75cf93e9a696f4788f957710178c7f43809ed513f91348d5ec60d510
Description-en: GNU C Library: Binaries
This package contains utility programs related to the GNU C Library.
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* catchsegv: catch segmentation faults in programs
* getconf: query system configuration variables
* getent: get entries from administrative databases
* iconv, iconvconfig: convert between character encodings
* ldd, ldconfig: print/configure shared library dependencies
* locale, localedef: show/generate locale definitions
* tzselect, zdump, zic: select/dump/compile time zones
Description-md5: 7625903821514b57277d1bae69ec3c1a
Multi-Arch: foreign
Homepage: http://www.gnu.org/software/libc/libc.html
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Origin: Ubuntu
Supported: 5y
Task: minimal