How to Install glibc-source in Ubuntu 18.04

Here are a few steps to install glibc-source on your Ubuntu 18.04. just follow these commands on your terminal and get the core libraries for the GNU system.

About Ubuntu

Ubuntu is a complete desktop Linux operating system, freely available with both community and professional support. Ubuntu is a Debian-based Linux operating system it uses Unity as its default user interface. The software is free to use.

Ubuntu is developed and managed by South African entrepreneur Mark Shuttleworth.

What is Apt-get or Apt Install?

So to install any file on Ubuntu you need to write commands like apt-get install or apt install package name. It is the command-line tool for handling packages which also works as a back-end to other tools for the users.

Advanced Package Tool, or APT, is free and open-source software that works with the core libraries to handle the system of installation and removal of all packages. However, it works with Ubuntu, Debian, and other Linux distros. Finally, it simplifies the process of managing by automating the retrieval, configuration, and installation of software packages on Unix-like computer systems.

What is Glibc-source?

Glibc-source package is The GNU C Library project that provides the core libraries for the GNU system and GNU/Linux systems, as well as many other systems that use Linux as the kernel. These libraries provide critical APIs including ISO C11, POSIX.1-2008, BSD, OS-specific APIs, and more. These APIs include such foundational facilities such as openreadwritemallocprintfgetaddrinfodlopenpthread_createcryptloginexit, and more.

How to install glibc-source in Ubuntu?

So first of all update your system with the following command:

sudo apt update

Now your Ubuntu is ready for the installation process of Glibc-source use the command below to install glibc on Ubuntu

sudo apt install glibc-source

The package above contains sources and patches to build Glibc

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