How to Install and Uninstall zlib1g-dev Package on Ubuntu 24.04 LTS (Noble Numbat)

Last updated: May 14,2024

1. Install "zlib1g-dev" package

Here is a brief guide to show you how to install zlib1g-dev on Ubuntu 24.04 LTS (Noble Numbat)


    
        
            $
        

        
            
                sudo apt update
            
                    
    
    Copied


    
        
            $
        

        
            
                sudo apt install
            
                        
                zlib1g-dev
            
                    
    
    Copied

2. Uninstall "zlib1g-dev" package

This tutorial shows how to uninstall zlib1g-dev on Ubuntu 24.04 LTS (Noble Numbat):


    
        
            $
        

        
            
                sudo apt remove
            
                        
                zlib1g-dev
            
                    
    
    Copied


    
        
            $
        

        
            
                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
    Copied

3. Information about the zlib1g-dev package on Ubuntu 24.04 LTS (Noble Numbat)

Package: zlib1g-dev
Architecture: amd64
Version: 1:1.3.dfsg-3ubuntu1
Multi-Arch: same
Priority: optional
Section: libdevel
Source: zlib
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Mark Brown
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 1327
Provides: libz-dev
Depends: zlib1g (= 1:1.3.dfsg-3ubuntu1), libc6-dev | libc-dev
Conflicts: zlib1-dev
Filename: pool/main/z/zlib/zlib1g-dev_1.3.dfsg-3ubuntu1_amd64.deb
Size: 895778
MD5sum: 23779480070f9c5da816ad9a8d06959b
SHA1: 86f0addb93c6355bb9c6772155f581308ee7cb7e
SHA256: a3cfb8a131a4f89a693693cd963010f4869b84bc243f0c1aa9e3055c38fd2084
SHA512: 6c09a957b1c998394f47b150cae92f30f18b402d1948d8c022e693895189ed56615c3219a9af4958ab90233ed075149ebcc5208fca11e82c4fca6ac6bda6e052
Homepage: http://zlib.net/
Description: compression library - development
Description-md5: d7f4e8a626131fc83c643c5d59096290
Task: lubuntu-desktop, ubuntu-unity-desktop