How to Install and Uninstall gzip Package on Debian 12 (Bookworm)

Last updated: May 17,2024

You can also install and uninstall the gzip on the following distributions in the same way, as they are all based on the Debian system

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1. Install "gzip" package

Learn how to install gzip on Debian 12 (Bookworm)


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

In this section, we are going to explain the necessary steps to uninstall gzip on Debian 12 (Bookworm):


    
        
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                sudo apt remove
            
                        
                gzip
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the gzip package on Debian 12 (Bookworm)

Package: gzip
Version: 1.12-1
Essential: yes
Installed-Size: 252
Maintainer: Milan Kupcevic
Architecture: amd64
Depends: dpkg (>= 1.15.4) | install-info
Pre-Depends: libc6 (>= 2.33)
Suggests: less
Description: GNU compression utilities
Description-md5: 100720c9e2c6508f1a1f3731537b38e5
Homepage: https://www.gnu.org/software/gzip/
Tag: implemented-in::c, interface::commandline, role::program,
scope::utility, suite::gnu, use::compressing, works-with::archive,
works-with::file
Section: utils
Priority: required
Filename: pool/main/g/gzip/gzip_1.12-1_amd64.deb
Size: 140364
MD5sum: e788a50043963ca0c8424988c63d0133
SHA256: eabec1dde2834f72540d7b93fc5df2625f52611c06d93d61f5cdb12480e0e6a3