How To Install multiarch-support on Debian 9

In this tutorial we learn how to install multiarch-support on Debian 9. multiarch-support is Transitional package to ensure multiarch compatibility

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install multiarch-support on Debian 9.

What is multiarch-support

multiarch-support is:

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.

There are three methods to install multiarch-support on Debian 9. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

Install multiarch-support Using apt-get

Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install multiarch-support using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install multiarch-support

Install multiarch-support Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install multiarch-support using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install multiarch-support

Install multiarch-support 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 Debian. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.

sudo aptitude update

After updating apt database, We can install multiarch-support using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install multiarch-support

How To Uninstall multiarch-support on Debian 9

To uninstall only the multiarch-support package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove multiarch-support

Uninstall multiarch-support And Its Dependencies

To uninstall multiarch-support and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove multiarch-support

Remove multiarch-support Configurations and Data

To remove multiarch-support configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge multiarch-support

Remove multiarch-support configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove multiarch-support configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge multiarch-support

Dependencies

multiarch-support have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install multiarch-support package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.