How to Install and Uninstall multiarch-support Package on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)

Last updated: May 17,2024

1. Install "multiarch-support" package

Please follow the guidance below to install multiarch-support on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)


    
        
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                sudo apt update
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
                multiarch-support
            
                    
    
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2. Uninstall "multiarch-support" package

This guide let you learn how to uninstall multiarch-support on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus):


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

Package: multiarch-support
Architecture: amd64
Version: 2.23-0ubuntu11.3
Multi-Arch: foreign
Priority: required
Section: libs
Source: glibc
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: GNU Libc Maintainers
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 225
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.3.6-2)
Filename: pool/main/g/glibc/multiarch-support_2.23-0ubuntu11.3_amd64.deb
Size: 6830
MD5sum: 6eae14b82579708be9c797dd661ea5b6
SHA1: 5314f2b57d63b7d1d295cdcfee73fb29f45aa3ae
SHA256: eb1937472e06e892fb80a6b9e5fdc372f0224be357441f38b190502556ee69bb
SHA512: 537decfcd0684eeaac80097bcd4a005adda16c4115c379b98fdbf26e939dfba83af73f17b4830f221dde098dafb4813cb092f09fb54c49a402c59373cf84bd02
Homepage: http://www.gnu.org/software/libc/libc.html
Description-en: Transitional package to ensure multiarch compatibility
This is a transitional package used to ensure multiarch support is present
in ld.so before unpacking libraries to the multiarch directories. It can
be removed once nothing on the system depends on it.
Description-md5: f70fd4ad370040691119c10d77aec677
Task: minimal
Supported: 5y

Package: multiarch-support
Priority: required
Section: libs
Installed-Size: 222
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: GNU Libc Maintainers
Architecture: amd64
Source: glibc
Version: 2.23-0ubuntu3
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.3.6-2)
Filename: pool/main/g/glibc/multiarch-support_2.23-0ubuntu3_amd64.deb
Size: 6824
MD5sum: 6c1188ed205880d5fe2f687c02f7feb3
SHA1: e0ea4c4df0c1c554ba5042cd7a2f9e0172d8af3f
SHA256: 66ab2445b316abeef94de2c06618bfb914e1475c088e889c4067200481adafaa
Description-en: Transitional package to ensure multiarch compatibility
This is a transitional package used to ensure multiarch support is present
in ld.so before unpacking libraries to the multiarch directories. It can
be removed once nothing on the system depends on it.
Description-md5: f70fd4ad370040691119c10d77aec677
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