How to Install and Uninstall libc6-dev Package on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)

Last updated: May 06,2024

1. Install "libc6-dev" package

Learn how to install libc6-dev on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)


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

Please follow the steps below to uninstall libc6-dev on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus):


    
        
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                sudo apt remove
            
                        
                libc6-dev
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the libc6-dev package on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)

Package: libc6-dev
Architecture: amd64
Version: 2.23-0ubuntu11.3
Multi-Arch: same
Priority: optional
Section: libdevel
Source: glibc
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: GNU Libc Maintainers
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 13233
Provides: libc-dev
Depends: libc6 (= 2.23-0ubuntu11.3), libc-dev-bin (= 2.23-0ubuntu11.3), linux-libc-dev
Suggests: glibc-doc, manpages-dev
Conflicts: libc0.1-dev, libc0.3-dev, libc6.1-dev
Breaks: binutils (<< 2.20.1-1), binutils-gold (<< 2.20.1-11), cmake (<< 2.8.5+dfsg.1-5), gcc-4.4 (<< 4.4.6-4), gcc-4.5 (<< 4.5.3-2), gcc-4.6 (<< 4.6.0-12), libhwloc-dev (<< 1.2-3), libjna-java (<< 3.2.7-4), liblouis-dev (<< 2.3.0-2), liblouisxml-dev (<< 2.4.0-2), make (<< 3.81-8.1), pkg-config (<< 0.26-1)
Filename: pool/main/g/glibc/libc6-dev_2.23-0ubuntu11.3_amd64.deb
Size: 2083370
MD5sum: 2079d95552181df1df0161ad344353d1
SHA1: eb01f078ba83947a73aecdd821b4059d29f4ad04
SHA256: b5b9102c8df4c0fff770a236c0feb9ab2d430ebddb910359927a3a1725c93a37
SHA512: f004d5bad664a2a8f9973a14e7b1f234bd3b7293fc233e239eef754a38670d4b8819eda87727da3c1fec7449675d6aff4bc1a8a0c48ce07f2e556427d6d4f524
Homepage: http://www.gnu.org/software/libc/libc.html
Description-en: GNU C Library: Development Libraries and Header Files
Contains the symlinks, headers, and object files needed to compile
and link programs which use the standard C library.
Description-md5: 1bbdc717d9acdb44db940928d570e749
Task: ubuntu-desktop, ubuntu-usb, kubuntu-desktop, kubuntu-full, edubuntu-desktop, edubuntu-usb, xubuntu-core, xubuntu-desktop, mythbuntu-frontend, mythbuntu-desktop, mythbuntu-backend-slave, mythbuntu-backend-master, ubuntustudio-desktop-core, ubuntustudio-desktop, ubuntu-gnome-desktop, ubuntukylin-desktop
Build-Essential: yes
Supported: 5y

Package: libc6-dev
Priority: optional
Section: libdevel
Installed-Size: 13227
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: GNU Libc Maintainers
Architecture: amd64
Source: glibc
Version: 2.23-0ubuntu3
Provides: libc-dev
Depends: libc6 (= 2.23-0ubuntu3), libc-dev-bin (= 2.23-0ubuntu3), linux-libc-dev
Suggests: glibc-doc, manpages-dev
Conflicts: libc0.1-dev, libc0.3-dev, libc6.1-dev
Breaks: binutils (<< 2.20.1-1), binutils-gold (<< 2.20.1-11), cmake (<< 2.8.5+dfsg.1-5), gcc-4.4 (<< 4.4.6-4), gcc-4.5 (<< 4.5.3-2), gcc-4.6 (<< 4.6.0-12), libhwloc-dev (<< 1.2-3), libjna-java (<< 3.2.7-4), liblouis-dev (<< 2.3.0-2), liblouisxml-dev (<< 2.4.0-2), make (<< 3.81-8.1), pkg-config (<< 0.26-1)
Filename: pool/main/g/glibc/libc6-dev_2.23-0ubuntu3_amd64.deb
Size: 2084240
MD5sum: 0437b586145b9179837377a979c78364
SHA1: 044545f5a42a6a6a18d3d4c6069a68d47ff51e40
SHA256: 16e68695491fa070e06112fa5647732bb83164c2c3c5732774c1472fcdd79ce2
Description-en: GNU C Library: Development Libraries and Header Files
Contains the symlinks, headers, and object files needed to compile
and link programs which use the standard C library.
Description-md5: 1bbdc717d9acdb44db940928d570e749
Multi-Arch: same
Homepage: http://www.gnu.org/software/libc/libc.html
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Build-Essential: yes
Origin: Ubuntu
Supported: 5y
Task: ubuntu-desktop, ubuntu-usb, kubuntu-desktop, kubuntu-full, edubuntu-desktop, edubuntu-usb, xubuntu-core, xubuntu-desktop, mythbuntu-frontend, mythbuntu-desktop, mythbuntu-backend-slave, mythbuntu-backend-master, ubuntustudio-desktop-core, ubuntustudio-desktop, ubuntu-gnome-desktop, ubuntukylin-desktop