How To Install libc6-dev-i386 on Ubuntu 20.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libc6-dev-i386 on Ubuntu 20.04.
What is libc6-dev-i386
libc6-dev-i386 is:
Contains the symlinks and object files needed to compile and link programs which use the standard C library. This is the 32bit version of the library, meant for AMD64 systems. Original-Vcs-Browser: https://salsa.debian.org/glibc-team/glibc Original-Vcs-Git: https://salsa.debian.org/glibc-team/glibc.git
Package: libc6-dev-i386 Architecture: amd64 Version: 2.31-0ubuntu9 Priority: optional Section: libdevel 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: 11800 Provides: lib32c-dev Depends: libc6-i386 (= 2.31-0ubuntu9), libc6-dev (= 2.31-0ubuntu9) Recommends: gcc-multilib Filename: pool/main/g/glibc/libc6-dev-i386_2.31-0ubuntu9_amd64.deb Size: 1901664 MD5sum: adf61e12a189c8bbcf6414948aaa0b76 SHA1: bc7937a613265b45a33cbfb89aceda442f8fcf2f SHA256: 3414f29e4ccb4f8a6c4709dee48b130c1f43b5b5fc4d46091f98330360f960ea Homepage: https://www.gnu.org/software/libc/libc.html Description-en: GNU C Library: 32-bit development libraries for AMD64 Contains the symlinks and object files needed to compile and link programs which use the standard C library. This is the 32bit version of the library, meant for AMD64 systems.
There are three methods to install libc6-dev-i386 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-dev-i386 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-dev-i386 using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libc6-dev-i386
Install libc6-dev-i386 Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libc6-dev-i386 using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libc6-dev-i386
Install libc6-dev-i386 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-dev-i386 using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libc6-dev-i386
How To Uninstall libc6-dev-i386 on Ubuntu 20.04
To uninstall only the libc6-dev-i386 package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libc6-dev-i386
Uninstall libc6-dev-i386 And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libc6-dev-i386 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 20.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libc6-dev-i386
Remove libc6-dev-i386 Configurations and Data
To remove libc6-dev-i386 configuration and data from Ubuntu 20.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libc6-dev-i386
Remove libc6-dev-i386 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libc6-dev-i386 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libc6-dev-i386
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libc6-dev-i386 package on Ubuntu 20.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
