How to Install and Uninstall gzip Package on Kali Linux

Last updated: May 20,2024

1. Install "gzip" package

This is a short guide on how to install gzip on Kali Linux


    
        
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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 steps below to uninstall gzip on Kali Linux:


    
        
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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 Kali Linux

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
Size: 140364
SHA256: eabec1dde2834f72540d7b93fc5df2625f52611c06d93d61f5cdb12480e0e6a3
SHA1: ee1b30616286855938346adaa0dd03c6cbd5c9bf
MD5sum: e788a50043963ca0c8424988c63d0133
Description: GNU compression utilities
This package provides the standard GNU file compression utilities, which
are also the default compression tools for Debian. They typically operate
on files with names ending in '.gz', but can also decompress files ending
in '.Z' created with 'compress'.
Description-md5:
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