How To Install libc6-armel-cross on Ubuntu 20.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libc6-armel-cross on Ubuntu 20.04.
What is libc6-armel-cross
libc6-armel-cross is:
This package was generated by dpkg-cross for cross compiling.
Contains the standard libraries that are used by nearly all programs on the system. This package includes shared versions of the standard C library and the standard math library, as well as many others.
Package: libc6-armel-cross Architecture: all Version: 2.31-0ubuntu7cross1 Built-Using: binutils (= 2.34-5ubuntu1), linux (= 5.4.0-21.25), gcc-9 (= 9.3.0-9ubuntu1), glibc (= 2.31-0ubuntu7) Multi-Arch: foreign Priority: extra Section: universe/devel Source: cross-toolchain-base (43ubuntu3) Origin: Ubuntu Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers [email protected] Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug Provides: libc6-armel-armel-cross, libc6-armel-dcv1 Conflicts: openrc-armel-cross (« 0.27-2~) Filename: pool/universe/c/cross-toolchain-base/libc6-armel-cross_2.31-0ubuntu7cross1_all.deb Size: 925888 MD5sum: 89766871b52e552ed1fe4c52fd81b366 SHA1: 7f799ed5e3f5519fab27645c5570cb6775f24da2 SHA256: 4d22bb9f789750e5936b9854e288f9c874b8df2bf1952a93912d659028280e4e Description-en: GNU C Library: Shared libraries (for cross-compiling) This package was generated by dpkg-cross for cross compiling.
Contains the standard libraries that are used by nearly all programs on the system. This package includes shared versions of the standard C library and the standard math library, as well as many others.
There are three methods to install libc6-armel-cross 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-armel-cross 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-armel-cross using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libc6-armel-cross
Install libc6-armel-cross Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libc6-armel-cross using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libc6-armel-cross
Install libc6-armel-cross 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-armel-cross using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libc6-armel-cross
How To Uninstall libc6-armel-cross on Ubuntu 20.04
To uninstall only the libc6-armel-cross package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libc6-armel-cross
Uninstall libc6-armel-cross And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libc6-armel-cross and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 20.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libc6-armel-cross
Remove libc6-armel-cross Configurations and Data
To remove libc6-armel-cross configuration and data from Ubuntu 20.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libc6-armel-cross
Remove libc6-armel-cross configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libc6-armel-cross configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libc6-armel-cross
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libc6-armel-cross package on Ubuntu 20.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
