How to Install and Uninstall xz-utils Package on Ubuntu 24.04 LTS (Noble Numbat)

Last updated: May 15,2024

1. Install "xz-utils" package

Here is a brief guide to show you how to install xz-utils on Ubuntu 24.04 LTS (Noble Numbat)


    
        
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                sudo apt update
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
                xz-utils
            
                    
    
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2. Uninstall "xz-utils" package

In this section, we are going to explain the necessary steps to uninstall xz-utils on Ubuntu 24.04 LTS (Noble Numbat):


    
        
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                sudo apt remove
            
                        
                xz-utils
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the xz-utils package on Ubuntu 24.04 LTS (Noble Numbat)

Package: xz-utils
Architecture: amd64
Version: 5.4.5-0.3
Multi-Arch: foreign
Priority: standard
Build-Essential: yes
Section: utils
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Jonathan Nieder
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 732
Provides: lzma
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.34), liblzma5 (>= 5.4.0)
Conflicts: lzma (<< 9.22-1), xz-lzma
Breaks: lzip (<< 1.8~rc2), manpages-de (<< 4.17.0-2~bpo11+1), manpages-fr (<< 4.17.0-2~bpo11+1)
Replaces: lzip (<< 1.8~rc2), manpages-de (<< 4.17.0-2~bpo11+1), manpages-fr (<< 4.17.0-2~bpo11+1), xz-lzma
Filename: pool/main/x/xz-utils/xz-utils_5.4.5-0.3_amd64.deb
Size: 276008
MD5sum: 9c25d30c3939e5d0464d9033455b10e9
SHA1: 98b0db6257f387e1acee9e1dc752f0ce9102d787
SHA256: 14073495859db766e10500b6e6d9b69fb7b1b725e1006b112f56cfeacdc446ab
SHA512: 3a5e27649dbacab0d0229bad368a3ff4db1b146680ab82788420941b395b8230bfbda9e280a28b14d6fe4a2b7646b45ae881f8f37949a65a84e6fadf5ec0ea28
Homepage: https://tukaani.org/xz/
Description: XZ-format compression utilities
Description-md5: ea97a558c8575aebbed2c11cbd20e0f2
Task: cloud-minimal, standard, server-minimal, ubuntu-wsl