How To Install libc6-dbg on Ubuntu 20.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libc6-dbg on Ubuntu 20.04.
What is libc6-dbg
libc6-dbg is:
This package contains the detached debugging symbols for the GNU C library. Task: ubuntu-desktop-minimal, ubuntu-desktop, kubuntu-desktop, xubuntu-desktop, ubuntustudio-desktop, ubuntukylin-desktop, ubuntu-mate-core, ubuntu-mate-desktop, ubuntu-budgie-desktop Original-Vcs-Browser: https://salsa.debian.org/glibc-team/glibc Original-Vcs-Git: https://salsa.debian.org/glibc-team/glibc.git
Package: libc6-dbg Architecture: amd64 Version: 2.31-0ubuntu9 Multi-Arch: same Priority: extra Section: debug Source: glibc Origin: Ubuntu Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers [email protected] Original-Maintainer: GNU Libc Maintainers [email protected] Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug Installed-Size: 44055 Provides: libc-dbg Depends: libc6 (= 2.31-0ubuntu9) Filename: pool/main/g/glibc/libc6-dbg_2.31-0ubuntu9_amd64.deb Size: 5671352 MD5sum: da77c78a31b3b5d2dd16221cd4dcf131 SHA1: d8719fcd7214fcb43377b5218089084dd6b8e832 SHA256: 9f9469692e13232b214e5877ca30bf39ced65d6594eb9ed7a321daf0a082d07c Homepage: https://www.gnu.org/software/libc/libc.html Description-en: GNU C Library: detached debugging symbols This package contains the detached debugging symbols for the GNU C library. Task: ubuntu-desktop-minimal, ubuntu-desktop, kubuntu-desktop, xubuntu-desktop, ubuntustudio-desktop, ubuntukylin-desktop, ubuntu-mate-core, ubuntu-mate-desktop, ubuntu-budgie-desktop
There are three methods to install libc6-dbg 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 libc6-dbg Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install libc6-dbg using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libc6-dbg
Install libc6-dbg Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libc6-dbg using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libc6-dbg
Install libc6-dbg 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 libc6-dbg using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libc6-dbg
How To Uninstall libc6-dbg on Ubuntu 20.04
To uninstall only the libc6-dbg package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libc6-dbg
Uninstall libc6-dbg And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libc6-dbg and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 20.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libc6-dbg
Remove libc6-dbg Configurations and Data
To remove libc6-dbg configuration and data from Ubuntu 20.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libc6-dbg
Remove libc6-dbg configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libc6-dbg configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libc6-dbg
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libc6-dbg package on Ubuntu 20.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.