How To Install libc6-x32 on Kali Linux

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libc6-x32 on Kali Linux.

What is libc6-x32

libc6-x32 is:

This package includes shared versions of the standard C library and the standard math library, as well as many others. This is the X32 ABI version of the library, meant for AMD64 systems.

There are three methods to install libc6-x32 on Kali Linux. 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-x32 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-x32 using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install libc6-x32

Install libc6-x32 Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install libc6-x32 using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install libc6-x32

Install libc6-x32 Using aptitude

If you want to follow this method, you might need to install aptitude on Kali Linux first since aptitude is usually not installed by default on Kali Linux. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.

sudo aptitude update

After updating apt database, We can install libc6-x32 using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install libc6-x32

How To Uninstall libc6-x32 on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the libc6-x32 package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove libc6-x32

Uninstall libc6-x32 And Its Dependencies

To uninstall libc6-x32 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libc6-x32

Remove libc6-x32 Configurations and Data

To remove libc6-x32 configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge libc6-x32

Remove libc6-x32 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove libc6-x32 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libc6-x32

Dependencies

libc6-x32 have the following dependencies:

• libc6

References

• libc6-x32 website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libc6-x32 package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.