How to Install and Uninstall libc6-dev-i386 Package on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)

Last updated: December 29,2024

1. Install "libc6-dev-i386" package

This guide covers the steps necessary to install libc6-dev-i386 on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)


    
        
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
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2. Uninstall "libc6-dev-i386" package

This guide let you learn how to uninstall libc6-dev-i386 on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus):


    
        
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                sudo apt remove
            
                        
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the libc6-dev-i386 package on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)

Package: libc6-dev-i386
Architecture: amd64
Version: 2.23-0ubuntu11.3
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: 6776
Provides: lib32c-dev
Depends: libc6-i386 (= 2.23-0ubuntu11.3), libc6-dev (= 2.23-0ubuntu11.3)
Recommends: gcc-multilib
Filename: pool/main/g/glibc/libc6-dev-i386_2.23-0ubuntu11.3_amd64.deb
Size: 1263992
MD5sum: 945bea7bd1ddb9acd8f6fe30355585d6
SHA1: 2711acdd4a1d32f71bec4cf709b5786fa33bc88c
SHA256: e842d22145e8f7228cb7e519ede67e34f28ac9f9e8a1c361599ea4eca50a23d8
SHA512: c8842dca43bebcab0055270c0a13313cfbc3fe0d3bc05391150e9c2b749d3ab98fb8bf0398494099b784dfd60d7192b54cdc510d43e020c95867ab58aa339aca
Homepage: http://www.gnu.org/software/libc/libc.html
Description-en: GNU C Library: 32-bit development libraries for AMD64
Contains the symlinks and object files needed to compile and link programs
which use the standard C library. This is the 32bit version of the
library, meant for AMD64 systems.
Description-md5: 50cf6ae98f9a3cdef9c53b186287325f
Supported: 5y

Package: libc6-dev-i386
Priority: optional
Section: libdevel
Installed-Size: 6777
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: GNU Libc Maintainers
Architecture: amd64
Source: glibc
Version: 2.23-0ubuntu3
Provides: lib32c-dev
Depends: libc6-i386 (= 2.23-0ubuntu3), libc6-dev (= 2.23-0ubuntu3)
Recommends: gcc-multilib
Filename: pool/main/g/glibc/libc6-dev-i386_2.23-0ubuntu3_amd64.deb
Size: 1265438
MD5sum: 819824d3a554794976161609ac5bd1e2
SHA1: 10ec59093edef789a18ddf47cc3327d799859aa8
SHA256: 405556d503022cc3abcd346382a764e83cc345e4938837077395c2463350202b
Description-en: GNU C Library: 32-bit development libraries for AMD64
Contains the symlinks and object files needed to compile and link programs
which use the standard C library. This is the 32bit version of the
library, meant for AMD64 systems.
Description-md5: 50cf6ae98f9a3cdef9c53b186287325f
Homepage: http://www.gnu.org/software/libc/libc.html
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Origin: Ubuntu
Supported: 9m