How To Install libc6-amd64-i386-cross on Ubuntu 20.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libc6-amd64-i386-cross on Ubuntu 20.04.
What is libc6-amd64-i386-cross
libc6-amd64-i386-cross is:
This package was generated by dpkg-cross for cross compiling.
This package includes shared versions of the standard C library and the standard math library, as well as many others. This is the 64bit version of the library, meant for AMD64 systems.
Package: libc6-amd64-i386-cross Architecture: all Version: 2.31-0ubuntu7cross1 Built-Using: binutils (= 2.34-5ubuntu1), linux (= 5.4.0-21.25), gcc-9 (= 9.3.0-9ubuntu1), glibc (= 2.31-0ubuntu7) Multi-Arch: foreign Priority: optional Section: universe/libs Source: cross-toolchain-base (43ubuntu3) Origin: Ubuntu Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers [email protected] Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug Provides: libc6-amd64-i386-dcv1 Depends: libc6-i386-cross (= 2.31-0ubuntu7cross1) Conflicts: libc0.1-i386-i386-cross, libc6-amd64:x32-i386-cross, libc6-i386-i386-cross, libc6-mips32-i386-cross, libc6-mips64-i386-cross, libc6-mipsn32-i386-cross, libc6-powerpc-i386-cross, libc6-ppc64-i386-cross, libc6-s390-i386-cross, libc6-sparc-i386-cross, libc6-sparc64-i386-cross, libc6-x32:amd64-i386-cross Filename: pool/universe/c/cross-toolchain-base/libc6-amd64-i386-cross_2.31-0ubuntu7cross1_all.deb Size: 1689136 MD5sum: f6fce842967ce82bd0fcb585ea4cccc4 SHA1: cf1d33861401f74783f99a46272b4e200a36cd7d SHA256: a6bf152545adde95c61969c6c86c85b3f859f2357fc3debe4a9a5259f2e2c7f1 Description-en: GNU C Library: 64bit Shared libraries for AMD64 (for cross-compiling) This package was generated by dpkg-cross for cross compiling.
This package includes shared versions of the standard C library and the standard math library, as well as many others. This is the 64bit version of the library, meant for AMD64 systems.
There are three methods to install libc6-amd64-i386-cross on Ubuntu 20.04. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install libc6-amd64-i386-cross Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install libc6-amd64-i386-cross using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libc6-amd64-i386-cross
Install libc6-amd64-i386-cross Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libc6-amd64-i386-cross using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libc6-amd64-i386-cross
Install libc6-amd64-i386-cross Using aptitude
If you want to follow this method, you might need to install aptitude first since aptitude is usually not installed by default on Ubuntu. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.
sudo aptitude update
After updating apt database, We can install libc6-amd64-i386-cross using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libc6-amd64-i386-cross
How To Uninstall libc6-amd64-i386-cross on Ubuntu 20.04
To uninstall only the libc6-amd64-i386-cross package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libc6-amd64-i386-cross
Uninstall libc6-amd64-i386-cross And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libc6-amd64-i386-cross and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 20.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libc6-amd64-i386-cross
Remove libc6-amd64-i386-cross Configurations and Data
To remove libc6-amd64-i386-cross configuration and data from Ubuntu 20.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libc6-amd64-i386-cross
Remove libc6-amd64-i386-cross configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libc6-amd64-i386-cross configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libc6-amd64-i386-cross
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libc6-amd64-i386-cross package on Ubuntu 20.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
