How to Install and Uninstall gzip Package on Debian 11 (Bullseye)

Last updated: December 27,2024

1. Install "gzip" package

Please follow the guidelines below to install gzip on Debian 11 (Bullseye)


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

Please follow the guidelines below to uninstall gzip on Debian 11 (Bullseye):


    
        
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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 11 (Bullseye)

Package: gzip
Version: 1.10-4+deb11u1
Essential: yes
Installed-Size: 242
Maintainer: Milan Kupcevic
Architecture: amd64
Depends: dpkg (>= 1.15.4) | install-info
Pre-Depends: libc6 (>= 2.17)
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_1.10-4+deb11u1_amd64.deb
Size: 131996
MD5sum: 93c716af03bdd5bcb23c4517757b25e3
SHA256: 34c4c773e2a7600ea3ed0bec0b6931ae5b7de5741bf260cacc55b1a2b92e008d