How To Install libc6-i386 on Ubuntu 20.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install libc6-i386 on Ubuntu 20.04. libc6-i386 is GNU C Library GNU C Library

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libc6-i386 on Ubuntu 20.04.

What is libc6-i386

libc6-i386 is:

This package includes shared versions of the standard C library and the standard math library, as well as many others. 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-i386 Architecture: amd64 Version: 2.31-0ubuntu9 Priority: optional Section: libs 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: 14398 Depends: libc6 (= 2.31-0ubuntu9) Conflicts: libc0.1-i386, libc6-amd64, libc6-i386:x32, libc6-mips32, libc6-mips64, libc6-mipsn32, libc6-powerpc, libc6-ppc64, libc6-s390, libc6-sparc, libc6-sparc64, libc6-x32:i386 Replaces: libc6-dev-i386 Filename: pool/main/g/glibc/libc6-i386_2.31-0ubuntu9_amd64.deb Size: 2723200 MD5sum: debe1cd14f54c636a967fa3d73847b67 SHA1: 241f07badebe1e7e4fd3e7eae0d74ecb71cef9f7 SHA256: 2d422ba9449e124764598741dfe2ebbfcbffbbca96708f8a2cfbff81ebd8a91e Homepage: https://www.gnu.org/software/libc/libc.html Description-en: GNU C Library: 32-bit shared libraries for AMD64 This package includes shared versions of the standard C library and the standard math library, as well as many others. This is the 32bit version of the library, meant for AMD64 systems.

There are three methods to install libc6-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-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-i386 using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install libc6-i386

Install libc6-i386 Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install libc6-i386 using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install libc6-i386

Install libc6-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-i386 using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install libc6-i386

How To Uninstall libc6-i386 on Ubuntu 20.04

To uninstall only the libc6-i386 package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove libc6-i386

Uninstall libc6-i386 And Its Dependencies

To uninstall libc6-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-i386

Remove libc6-i386 Configurations and Data

To remove libc6-i386 configuration and data from Ubuntu 20.04 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge libc6-i386

Remove libc6-i386 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove libc6-i386 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libc6-i386

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libc6-i386 package on Ubuntu 20.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.