How to Install and Uninstall zlib1g Package on Debian 10 (Buster)

Last updated: May 02,2024

1. Install "zlib1g" package

This is a short guide on how to install zlib1g on Debian 10 (Buster)


    
        
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                sudo apt update
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
                zlib1g
            
                    
    
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2. Uninstall "zlib1g" package

Please follow the steps below to uninstall zlib1g on Debian 10 (Buster):


    
        
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                sudo apt remove
            
                        
                zlib1g
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the zlib1g package on Debian 10 (Buster)

Package: zlib1g
Source: zlib
Version: 1:1.2.11.dfsg-1+deb10u1
Installed-Size: 170
Maintainer: Mark Brown
Architecture: amd64
Provides: libz1
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.14)
Conflicts: zlib1 (<= 1:1.0.4-7)
Breaks: libxml2 (<< 2.7.6.dfsg-2), texlive-binaries (<< 2009-12)
Description: compression library - runtime
Description-md5: 567f396aeeb2b2b63295099aed237057
Homepage: http://zlib.net/
Multi-Arch: same
Section: libs
Priority: required
Filename: pool/updates/main/z/zlib/zlib1g_1.2.11.dfsg-1+deb10u1_amd64.deb
Size: 90828
MD5sum: a5e2b902341464beb614b2ffc5d03a30
SHA256: a14bcffc39528f422625715cb8c05a921b283bc4d37e27c6db8d77106cd7d8a9

Package: zlib1g
Source: zlib
Version: 1:1.2.11.dfsg-1
Installed-Size: 174
Maintainer: Mark Brown
Architecture: amd64
Provides: libz1
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.14)
Conflicts: zlib1 (<= 1:1.0.4-7)
Breaks: libxml2 (<< 2.7.6.dfsg-2), texlive-binaries (<< 2009-12)
Description: compression library - runtime
Description-md5: 567f396aeeb2b2b63295099aed237057
Multi-Arch: same
Homepage: http://zlib.net/
Tag: role::shared-lib
Section: libs
Priority: optional
Filename: pool/main/z/zlib/zlib1g_1.2.11.dfsg-1_amd64.deb
Size: 94092
MD5sum: a52ebb740006b7e081b3162ee7b5e848
SHA256: 61bc9085aadd3007433ce6f560a08446a3d3ceb0b5e061db3fc62c42fbfe3eff