How to Install and Uninstall libc6-dev-x32 Package on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)

Last updated: April 24,2024

1. Install "libc6-dev-x32" package

Please follow the guidelines below to install libc6-dev-x32 on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)


    
        
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
                libc6-dev-x32
            
                    
    
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2. Uninstall "libc6-dev-x32" package

Please follow the instructions below to uninstall libc6-dev-x32 on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus):


    
        
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                sudo apt remove
            
                        
                libc6-dev-x32
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the libc6-dev-x32 package on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)

Package: libc6-dev-x32
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: 8043
Depends: libc6-x32 (= 2.23-0ubuntu11.3), libc6-dev-i386 (= 2.23-0ubuntu11.3), libc6-dev (= 2.23-0ubuntu11.3)
Filename: pool/main/g/glibc/libc6-dev-x32_2.23-0ubuntu11.3_amd64.deb
Size: 1561424
MD5sum: 94fa6cac7d5053725743cb6f0da550bb
SHA1: 234fed2ee1cf58ba1e2eb94c7480209c2a325b26
SHA256: 2605c1c2a0a79b9e4639b89253bd69068611d77730ee61da929a21069ab2e3d7
SHA512: f13a772fef65fef7a39dcc98db75a84008011407aa25ed729cf3dd1e18ab9e31a8d0c8b800e82c4c76ff8d9efac773c9bdaaafbc0a9985c60dc46b23d518f4cf
Homepage: http://www.gnu.org/software/libc/libc.html
Description-en: GNU C Library: X32 ABI 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 X32 ABI version of the
library, meant for amd64 systems.
Description-md5: 0859bbe63e876c4ed2ca05543b5d535f
Supported: 5y

Package: libc6-dev-x32
Priority: optional
Section: libdevel
Installed-Size: 8039
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: GNU Libc Maintainers
Architecture: amd64
Source: glibc
Version: 2.23-0ubuntu3
Depends: libc6-x32 (= 2.23-0ubuntu3), libc6-dev-i386 (= 2.23-0ubuntu3), libc6-dev (= 2.23-0ubuntu3)
Filename: pool/main/g/glibc/libc6-dev-x32_2.23-0ubuntu3_amd64.deb
Size: 1562182
MD5sum: b292e648ca97d1e8afeb05a781c47908
SHA1: da187241814abbd6d09286cfbe3021fc4d5ee2b7
SHA256: 3cc3cc4a3972eae031b9b357a6120b0b0e66860f4953d585bc0eeaf816342e31
Description-en: GNU C Library: X32 ABI 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 X32 ABI version of the
library, meant for amd64 systems.
Description-md5: 0859bbe63e876c4ed2ca05543b5d535f
Homepage: http://www.gnu.org/software/libc/libc.html
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Origin: Ubuntu
Supported: 5y