How to Install and Uninstall pigz Package on Debian 10 (Buster)

Last updated: May 10,2024

1. Install "pigz" package

In this section, we are going to explain the necessary steps to install pigz on Debian 10 (Buster)


    
        
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                sudo apt update
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
                pigz
            
                    
    
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2. Uninstall "pigz" package

This guide covers the steps necessary to uninstall pigz on Debian 10 (Buster):


    
        
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                sudo apt remove
            
                        
                pigz
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the pigz package on Debian 10 (Buster)

Package: pigz
Version: 2.4-1
Installed-Size: 253
Maintainer: Eduard Bloch
Architecture: amd64
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.14), zlib1g (>= 1:1.2.6)
Pre-Depends: dpkg (>= 1.15.6)
Description: Parallel Implementation of GZip
Description-md5: fd286a4db2d19ea76a5ee0f4ee8ce912
Homepage: http://zlib.net/pigz/
Tag: implemented-in::c, role::program, use::compressing, works-with::archive,
works-with::file
Section: utils
Priority: optional
Filename: pool/main/p/pigz/pigz_2.4-1_amd64.deb
Size: 57800
MD5sum: fc44861cd3a44075803a416f4065c5db
SHA256: 4a51ea1bb9dd8c4eeb7a1417023edca92d136c278bb40e027c03aa07e6016560