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

Last updated: May 12,2024

1. Install "libc6-i386" package

This tutorial shows how to install libc6-i386 on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)


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

Please follow the step by step instructions below to uninstall libc6-i386 on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus):


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

Package: libc6-i386
Architecture: amd64
Version: 2.23-0ubuntu11.3
Priority: optional
Section: libs
Source: glibc
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: GNU Libc Maintainers
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 10188
Depends: libc6 (= 2.23-0ubuntu11.3)
Replaces: libc6-dev-i386
Filename: pool/main/g/glibc/libc6-i386_2.23-0ubuntu11.3_amd64.deb
Size: 2337456
MD5sum: 8637c905a2900abf77249f1ecc732d82
SHA1: 89fd824a15eb21d180b77bbc25384f079fb08960
SHA256: 1f6475e342b0ad60bb74845030f376b212a373974e9f45f0231c97387a900e7c
SHA512: dd32ea8e40c36b2156a37f7b894e98f2d899d4dea245d03579ebe5ee376977b9de0fad60cdebb45087a80da0d692eb4b7e1b4c5aa918aef4e240ec645a2dc95c
Homepage: http://www.gnu.org/software/libc/libc.html
Description-en: GNU C Library: 32-bit shared libraries for AMD64
This package includes shared versions of the standard C
library and the standard math library, as well as many others.
This is the 32bit version of the library, meant for AMD64 systems.
Description-md5: 126bea51eae6ba3832096d4d56bfd9d2
Supported: 5y

Package: libc6-i386
Priority: optional
Section: libs
Installed-Size: 10181
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: GNU Libc Maintainers
Architecture: amd64
Source: glibc
Version: 2.23-0ubuntu3
Replaces: libc6-dev-i386
Depends: libc6 (= 2.23-0ubuntu3)
Filename: pool/main/g/glibc/libc6-i386_2.23-0ubuntu3_amd64.deb
Size: 2334708
MD5sum: 964d185d67b19b2a5597029bcb8b8804
SHA1: d099042f8272c0569c9e2a690edf568764d34f7a
SHA256: a4e4603fdc344af040dc85f4cd73e20ae6eed50221e295f64e053e2753e70d0c
Description-en: GNU C Library: 32-bit shared libraries for AMD64
This package includes shared versions of the standard C
library and the standard math library, as well as many others.
This is the 32bit version of the library, meant for AMD64 systems.
Description-md5: 126bea51eae6ba3832096d4d56bfd9d2
Homepage: http://www.gnu.org/software/libc/libc.html
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Origin: Ubuntu
Supported: 9m