How To Install glibc-source on Ubuntu 22.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install glibc-source
on Ubuntu 22.04.
What is glibc-source
glibc-source is:
This package contains the sources and patches which are needed to build glibc.
There are three methods to install glibc-source
on Ubuntu 22.04. We can use apt-get
, apt
and aptitude
. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install glibc-source Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get
using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install glibc-source
using apt-get
by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install glibc-source
Install glibc-source Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install glibc-source
using apt
by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install glibc-source
Install glibc-source 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 glibc-source
using aptitude
by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install glibc-source
How To Uninstall glibc-source on Ubuntu 22.04
To uninstall only the glibc-source
package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove glibc-source
Uninstall glibc-source And Its Dependencies
To uninstall glibc-source
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 22.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove glibc-source
Remove glibc-source Configurations and Data
To remove glibc-source
configuration and data from Ubuntu 22.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge glibc-source
Remove glibc-source configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove glibc-source
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge glibc-source
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install glibc-source
package on Ubuntu 22.04 using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.