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

Last updated: December 29,2024

1. Install "pigz" package

Learn how to install pigz on Debian 11 (Bullseye)


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

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


    
        
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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 11 (Bullseye)

Package: pigz
Version: 2.6-1
Installed-Size: 158
Maintainer: Eduard Bloch
Architecture: amd64
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.29), 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_2.6-1_amd64.deb
Size: 64000
MD5sum: d5fb2bb6352f8a5b72ec97d3db90f0d0
SHA256: 54a51198fca4e6eae44371277c525d3b7371cc969cd97e9f10ea6efc13acaf1a