How To Install glibc-common on Fedora 36

In this tutorial we learn how to install glibc-common in Fedora 36. glibc-common is Common binaries and locale data for glibc

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install glibc-common on Fedora 36.

What is `glibc-common`

The glibc-common package includes common binaries for the GNU libc libraries, as well as national language (locale) support.

We can use yum or dnf to install glibc-common on Fedora 36. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install glibc-common.

Install glibc-common on Fedora 36 Using dnf

Update yum database with dnf using the following command.

sudo dnf makecache --refresh

After updating yum database, We can install glibc-common using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install glibc-common

Install glibc-common on Fedora 36 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache --refresh

After updating yum database, We can install glibc-common using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install glibc-common

How To Uninstall glibc-common on Fedora 36

To uninstall only the glibc-common package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove glibc-common

glibc-common Package Contents on Fedora 36

/usr/bin/gencat
/usr/bin/getconf
/usr/bin/getent
/usr/bin/iconv
/usr/bin/ld.so
/usr/bin/ldd
/usr/bin/locale
/usr/bin/localedef
/usr/bin/pldd
/usr/bin/sotruss
/usr/bin/sprof
/usr/bin/tzselect
/usr/bin/zdump
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/0a
/usr/lib/.build-id/0a/6edfee86166878e6c050e5c55dd4eb058741d7
/usr/lib/.build-id/0b
/usr/lib/.build-id/0b/51233f88f838fef398db5c35ed5e53b27b489f
/usr/lib/.build-id/12/36c76c083b537fcb11875d0c56960d60a621ab.3
/usr/lib/.build-id/12/3fd7ce22c0d86bd3f0b0a4d66353d4a5079694
/usr/lib/.build-id/6f
/usr/lib/.build-id/6f/c581838c062455078e633870dc059cfe1a98a2
/usr/lib/.build-id/77
/usr/lib/.build-id/77/521886d78448996e58a6fe002d4bcf0cafe428
/usr/lib/.build-id/bd
/usr/lib/.build-id/bd/5820d4800f2921742672b878f74b775b27ee5f
/usr/lib/.build-id/cf
/usr/lib/.build-id/cf/6f1e667687ffeecf46bf4e24d95e84dc58d36e
/usr/lib/.build-id/f1/1feb140b9b85623709c5a9c8148d59adbdeabc
/usr/lib/.build-id/fd
/usr/lib/.build-id/fd/ff2c9877e472e3856a8ebc27ddd65df5d10f80
/usr/lib/locale
/usr/lib/locale/C.utf8
/usr/lib/locale/C.utf8/LC_ADDRESS
/usr/lib/locale/C.utf8/LC_COLLATE
/usr/lib/locale/C.utf8/LC_CTYPE
/usr/lib/locale/C.utf8/LC_IDENTIFICATION
/usr/lib/locale/C.utf8/LC_MEASUREMENT
/usr/lib/locale/C.utf8/LC_MESSAGES
/usr/lib/locale/C.utf8/LC_MESSAGES/SYS_LC_MESSAGES
/usr/lib/locale/C.utf8/LC_MONETARY
/usr/lib/locale/C.utf8/LC_NAME
/usr/lib/locale/C.utf8/LC_NUMERIC
/usr/lib/locale/C.utf8/LC_PAPER
/usr/lib/locale/C.utf8/LC_TELEPHONE
/usr/lib/locale/C.utf8/LC_TIME
/usr/sbin/zic
/usr/share/i18n
/usr/share/i18n/charmaps
/usr/share/i18n/locales
/usr/share/locale/locale.alias
/usr/bin/gencat
/usr/bin/getconf
/usr/bin/getent
/usr/bin/iconv
/usr/bin/ld.so
/usr/bin/ldd
/usr/bin/locale
/usr/bin/localedef
/usr/bin/pldd
/usr/bin/sotruss
/usr/bin/sprof
/usr/bin/tzselect
/usr/bin/zdump
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/0c
/usr/lib/.build-id/0c/292eed054370ad72d9cbed760f516cc07b6ba3
/usr/lib/.build-id/5e
/usr/lib/.build-id/5e/6be552d1c4ae5e3d88b2bb9a271fcb6ba95ade
/usr/lib/.build-id/6f
/usr/lib/.build-id/6f/9bab8cb4ac1289531e3349c59ec1be69915d03
/usr/lib/.build-id/79
/usr/lib/.build-id/79/b6d740122844c64fca387c23f147aa2f8bdd6f
/usr/lib/.build-id/98
/usr/lib/.build-id/98/07c1d67fe5416040ea81d2aab69facd51f2024
/usr/lib/.build-id/9a/f63e6803d1f803870e6eaf71e6f8b332240628
/usr/lib/.build-id/ab
/usr/lib/.build-id/ab/729e4a3e6c5aad1d0029dc95e88dd72edea5c0
/usr/lib/.build-id/ac
/usr/lib/.build-id/ac/36c3c2c9d597205c7bb967e38ba4dbbce0c3aa
/usr/lib/.build-id/d9/e7c1e136391b3b4d4a3a4e5fc2c14189fce789.3
/usr/lib/.build-id/f1
/usr/lib/.build-id/f1/aaad5fcac1b3b37944b898a5ca29b3d42904e2
/usr/lib/locale
/usr/lib/locale/C.utf8
/usr/lib/locale/C.utf8/LC_ADDRESS
/usr/lib/locale/C.utf8/LC_COLLATE
/usr/lib/locale/C.utf8/LC_CTYPE
/usr/lib/locale/C.utf8/LC_IDENTIFICATION
/usr/lib/locale/C.utf8/LC_MEASUREMENT
/usr/lib/locale/C.utf8/LC_MESSAGES
/usr/lib/locale/C.utf8/LC_MESSAGES/SYS_LC_MESSAGES
/usr/lib/locale/C.utf8/LC_MONETARY
/usr/lib/locale/C.utf8/LC_NAME
/usr/lib/locale/C.utf8/LC_NUMERIC
/usr/lib/locale/C.utf8/LC_PAPER
/usr/lib/locale/C.utf8/LC_TELEPHONE
/usr/lib/locale/C.utf8/LC_TIME
/usr/sbin/zic
/usr/share/i18n
/usr/share/i18n/charmaps
/usr/share/i18n/locales
/usr/share/locale/locale.alias

References

glibc-common website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install glibc-common on Fedora 36 using yum and [dnf]((/fedora/36/dnf/).