How To Install linux-libc-dev-i386-cross on Ubuntu 20.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install linux-libc-dev-i386-cross on Ubuntu 20.04.
What is linux-libc-dev-i386-cross
linux-libc-dev-i386-cross is:
This package provides headers from the Linux kernel. These headers are used by the installed headers for GNU glibc and other system libraries. They are NOT meant to be used to build third-party modules for your kernel. Use linux-headers-* packages for that.
Package: linux-libc-dev-i386-cross Architecture: all Version: 5.4.0-21.25cross1 Built-Using: linux (= 5.4.0-21.25) Multi-Arch: foreign Priority: optional Section: universe/devel Source: cross-toolchain-base (43ubuntu3) Origin: Ubuntu Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers [email protected] Original-Maintainer: Cross Toolchain Base Team [email protected] Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug Installed-Size: 5716 Provides: linux-kernel-headers-i386-cross, linux-libc-dev-i386-dcv1 Filename: pool/universe/c/cross-toolchain-base/linux-libc-dev-i386-cross_5.4.0-21.25cross1_all.deb Size: 1070284 MD5sum: 7fd98dcb4949dd6fd6319830b19804ce SHA1: debfe7d4acd1fbf73bb0cb8b2318cacf21f3abe2 SHA256: cb9d4ee22cff9f1320a1613430bf0f5af0ca7e2c07c069ba122fde47cbba095e Description-en: Linux Kernel Headers for development (for cross-compiling) This package provides headers from the Linux kernel. These headers are used by the installed headers for GNU glibc and other system libraries. They are NOT meant to be used to build third-party modules for your kernel. Use linux-headers-* packages for that.
There are three methods to install linux-libc-dev-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 linux-libc-dev-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 linux-libc-dev-i386-cross using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install linux-libc-dev-i386-cross
Install linux-libc-dev-i386-cross Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install linux-libc-dev-i386-cross using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install linux-libc-dev-i386-cross
Install linux-libc-dev-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 linux-libc-dev-i386-cross using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install linux-libc-dev-i386-cross
How To Uninstall linux-libc-dev-i386-cross on Ubuntu 20.04
To uninstall only the linux-libc-dev-i386-cross package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove linux-libc-dev-i386-cross
Uninstall linux-libc-dev-i386-cross And Its Dependencies
To uninstall linux-libc-dev-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 linux-libc-dev-i386-cross
Remove linux-libc-dev-i386-cross Configurations and Data
To remove linux-libc-dev-i386-cross configuration and data from Ubuntu 20.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge linux-libc-dev-i386-cross
Remove linux-libc-dev-i386-cross configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove linux-libc-dev-i386-cross configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge linux-libc-dev-i386-cross
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install linux-libc-dev-i386-cross package on Ubuntu 20.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.