How To Install glibc-source on Ubuntu 20.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install glibc-source on Ubuntu 20.04.
What is glibc-source
glibc-source is:
This package contains the sources and patches which are needed to build glibc. Original-Vcs-Browser: https://salsa.debian.org/glibc-team/glibc Original-Vcs-Git: https://salsa.debian.org/glibc-team/glibc.git
Package: glibc-source Architecture: all Version: 2.31-0ubuntu9 Multi-Arch: foreign Priority: optional Section: universe/devel 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: 23334 Recommends: xz-utils Conflicts: eglibc-source Breaks: cross-toolchain-base (« 29~), cross-toolchain-base-ports (« 25~) Replaces: eglibc-source Filename: pool/universe/g/glibc/glibc-source_2.31-0ubuntu9_all.deb Size: 18236904 MD5sum: cb1669fea51afb9601381229b1131c08 SHA1: 286c5cb7c9d86d96b5615cdd49b57c5bffe74289 SHA256: c94d649e8c13e970228200bdb90a8505e1b51c15a13ef0eaa86e536df0adc746 Homepage: https://www.gnu.org/software/libc/libc.html Description-en: GNU C Library: sources This package contains the sources and patches which are needed to build glibc.
There are three methods to install glibc-source 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 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 20.04
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 20.04, 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 20.04 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
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install glibc-source package on Ubuntu 20.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
