How To Install linux-libc-dev on Ubuntu 20.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install linux-libc-dev on Ubuntu 20.04.
What is linux-libc-dev
linux-libc-dev 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. Task: ubuntustudio-video, ubuntu-mate-core, ubuntu-mate-desktop Build-Essential: yes
Package: linux-libc-dev Architecture: amd64 Version: 5.4.0-26.30 Multi-Arch: same Priority: optional Section: devel Source: linux Origin: Ubuntu Maintainer: Ubuntu Kernel Team [email protected] Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug Installed-Size: 5725 Provides: aufs-dev, linux-kernel-headers Conflicts: linux-kernel-headers Replaces: linux-kernel-headers Filename: pool/main/l/linux/linux-libc-dev_5.4.0-26.30_amd64.deb Size: 1106280 MD5sum: 28be432c067e8e887757c0e4f6c4afec SHA1: 3c31a4e70f1a09fcabe530fa85b3540425f4f02a SHA256: a7d59420134a8307eb11ef79b68e2b35cadc794a60f82c87f4583e37c763fd01 Description-en: Linux Kernel Headers for development 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. Task: ubuntustudio-video, ubuntu-mate-core, ubuntu-mate-desktop Build-Essential: yes
There are three methods to install linux-libc-dev 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 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 using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install linux-libc-dev
Install linux-libc-dev Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install linux-libc-dev using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install linux-libc-dev
Install linux-libc-dev 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 using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install linux-libc-dev
How To Uninstall linux-libc-dev on Ubuntu 20.04
To uninstall only the linux-libc-dev package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove linux-libc-dev
Uninstall linux-libc-dev And Its Dependencies
To uninstall linux-libc-dev 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
Remove linux-libc-dev Configurations and Data
To remove linux-libc-dev configuration and data from Ubuntu 20.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge linux-libc-dev
Remove linux-libc-dev configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove linux-libc-dev configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge linux-libc-dev
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install linux-libc-dev package on Ubuntu 20.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.