How to Install and Uninstall zlib1g-dev Package on Ubuntu 18.04 LTS (Bionic Beaver)

Last updated: May 14,2024

1. Install "zlib1g-dev" package

This guide covers the steps necessary to install zlib1g-dev on Ubuntu 18.04 LTS (Bionic Beaver)


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

This is a short guide on how to uninstall zlib1g-dev on Ubuntu 18.04 LTS (Bionic Beaver):


    
        
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the zlib1g-dev package on Ubuntu 18.04 LTS (Bionic Beaver)

Package: zlib1g-dev
Architecture: amd64
Version: 1:1.2.11.dfsg-0ubuntu2.2
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: 448
Provides: libz-dev
Depends: zlib1g (= 1:1.2.11.dfsg-0ubuntu2.2), libc6-dev | libc-dev
Conflicts: zlib1-dev
Filename: pool/main/z/zlib/zlib1g-dev_1.2.11.dfsg-0ubuntu2.2_amd64.deb
Size: 175640
MD5sum: 4b44da4fca82fb48a925e608c237903d
SHA1: df3170187303d66d99653b09a9717f56787249a5
SHA256: 33f5ec22778404069783abc5db2917d26d471d63dcb05448cd59b479c11142ab
SHA512: 74cd75c4dc8276b81ff0ff794b02b43d325d02803589470a64bbd9f38c9b7b5c50b119bed3544eff8967f055e0ce66722ebf00bfc20d0264debd2e1b15adb6ac
Homepage: http://zlib.net/
Description: compression library - development
Description-md5: d7f4e8a626131fc83c643c5d59096290
Task: lubuntu-gtk-desktop, lubuntu-desktop, lubuntu-qt-desktop
Supported: 5y

Package: zlib1g-dev
Architecture: amd64
Version: 1:1.2.11.dfsg-0ubuntu2
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: 446
Provides: libz-dev
Depends: zlib1g (= 1:1.2.11.dfsg-0ubuntu2), libc6-dev | libc-dev
Conflicts: zlib1-dev
Filename: pool/main/z/zlib/zlib1g-dev_1.2.11.dfsg-0ubuntu2_amd64.deb
Size: 175500
MD5sum: f4cc00164855f0065818aaeab66d2aaa
SHA1: 22834635e51fe1d993d57e32e9c6dc78f2d43d68
SHA256: 1bd6bfc66d1de113f14a9afdd61d7f4b911c11c570403dd9785aa937b88f9ea9
Homepage: http://zlib.net/
Description: compression library - development
Description-md5: d7f4e8a626131fc83c643c5d59096290
Task: lubuntu-gtk-desktop, lubuntu-desktop, lubuntu-qt-desktop
Supported: 5y