How To Install libc6-dev-x32 on Ubuntu 20.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libc6-dev-x32 on Ubuntu 20.04.
What is libc6-dev-x32
libc6-dev-x32 is:
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. Original-Vcs-Browser: https://salsa.debian.org/glibc-team/glibc Original-Vcs-Git: https://salsa.debian.org/glibc-team/glibc.git
Package: libc6-dev-x32 Architecture: amd64 Version: 2.31-0ubuntu9 Priority: optional Section: libdevel Source: glibc Origin: Ubuntu Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers [email protected] Original-Maintainer: GNU Libc Maintainers [email protected] Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug Installed-Size: 12452 Depends: libc6-x32 (= 2.31-0ubuntu9), libc6-dev-i386 (= 2.31-0ubuntu9), libc6-dev (= 2.31-0ubuntu9) Recommends: gcc-multilib Filename: pool/main/g/glibc/libc6-dev-x32_2.31-0ubuntu9_amd64.deb Size: 1977900 MD5sum: 2d7f2c7b1eb137e9f33bcc78adf4989b SHA1: bf951cadb234b56ac9107e8c1d4af9c3f56143ed SHA256: 80fa447547f6e26a8e70fbf7f40203d7cb06559d56e69aacb1c8639c1e8a0764 Homepage: https://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.
There are three methods to install libc6-dev-x32 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-dev-x32 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-dev-x32 using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libc6-dev-x32
Install libc6-dev-x32 Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libc6-dev-x32 using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libc6-dev-x32
Install libc6-dev-x32 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-dev-x32 using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libc6-dev-x32
How To Uninstall libc6-dev-x32 on Ubuntu 20.04
To uninstall only the libc6-dev-x32 package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libc6-dev-x32
Uninstall libc6-dev-x32 And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libc6-dev-x32 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 20.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libc6-dev-x32
Remove libc6-dev-x32 Configurations and Data
To remove libc6-dev-x32 configuration and data from Ubuntu 20.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libc6-dev-x32
Remove libc6-dev-x32 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libc6-dev-x32 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libc6-dev-x32
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libc6-dev-x32 package on Ubuntu 20.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
