How to Install and Uninstall zlib1g Package on Kali Linux

Last updated: May 16,2024

1. Install "zlib1g" package

This tutorial shows how to install zlib1g on Kali Linux


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

This tutorial shows how to uninstall zlib1g on Kali Linux:


    
        
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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 Kali Linux

Package: zlib1g
Source: zlib (1:1.3.dfsg-3)
Version: 1:1.3.dfsg-3+b1
Installed-Size: 169
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 (<< 2023.20230311.66589-8)
Size: 87756
SHA256: 74957a65132b096f2536767b4232818f9fedb1dc3ae53f0066057cafc3f7ea07
SHA1: 6b2ceb6f83299126cf997d709a89d1b5ba1ba12e
MD5sum: 724108a5bf7c35267647fe81bbb9b74d
Description: compression library - runtime
zlib is a library implementing the deflate compression method found
in gzip and PKZIP. This package includes the shared library.
Description-md5:
Multi-Arch: same
Homepage: http://zlib.net/
Tag: role::shared-lib
Section: libs
Priority: optional
Filename: pool/main/z/zlib/zlib1g_1.3.dfsg-3+b1_amd64.deb