How to Install and Uninstall zlib1g-dev Package on Kali Linux

Last updated: May 14,2024

1. Install "zlib1g-dev" package

Please follow the guidelines below to install zlib1g-dev on Kali Linux


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

Please follow the step by step instructions below to uninstall zlib1g-dev on Kali Linux:


    
        
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                sudo apt remove
            
                        
                zlib1g-dev
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the zlib1g-dev package on Kali Linux

Package: zlib1g-dev
Source: zlib (1:1.3.dfsg-3)
Version: 1:1.3.dfsg-3+b1
Installed-Size: 1314
Maintainer: Mark Brown
Architecture: amd64
Provides: libz-dev
Depends: zlib1g (= 1:1.3.dfsg-3+b1), libc6-dev | libc-dev
Conflicts: zlib1-dev
Size: 918640
SHA256: 6481f10bc2ea6684c5389236954d5e02a1ad18fefef53e7af3842099c9c57a3b
SHA1: 9478374e56a3e4f56b9ffb6b9d4e3a7eecfb5d41
MD5sum: df130314fecefeee2b16cf1f2385e07f
Description: compression library - development
zlib is a library implementing the deflate compression method found
in gzip and PKZIP. This package includes the development support
files.
Description-md5:
Multi-Arch: same
Homepage: http://zlib.net/
Tag: devel::library, role::devel-lib, role::program, use::compressing
Section: libdevel
Priority: optional
Filename: pool/main/z/zlib/zlib1g-dev_1.3.dfsg-3+b1_amd64.deb