How to Install and Uninstall gzip Package on Ubuntu 20.10 (Groovy Gorilla)

Last updated: May 18,2024

1. Install "gzip" package

This guide covers the steps necessary to install gzip on Ubuntu 20.10 (Groovy Gorilla)


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

Please follow the steps below to uninstall gzip on Ubuntu 20.10 (Groovy Gorilla):


    
        
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                sudo apt remove
            
                        
                gzip
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the gzip package on Ubuntu 20.10 (Groovy Gorilla)

Package: gzip
Architecture: amd64
Version: 1.10-2ubuntu1.1
Priority: required
Essential: yes
Section: utils
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Bdale Garbee
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 243
Pre-Depends: libc6 (>= 2.17)
Depends: dpkg (>= 1.15.4) | install-info
Suggests: less
Filename: pool/main/g/gzip/gzip_1.10-2ubuntu1.1_amd64.deb
Size: 95596
MD5sum: 37f2a1761cb02022a462d8ac3d618542
SHA1: 6cec2b6bf353a5a38e315ce3971b5000a1a9f6db
SHA256: dfa93eb7fe21e44b841946cfd249a09db8d746b9d9db82073d2905e4cd708461
SHA512: d533c8a433ae05d5e177b7d249f28776327e8e063f0142279023ee5237535e5447c377a1cd47a8793cbe2e2512dd6602bd372be5ea89a1de9333cf798ad9c763
Homepage: https://www.gnu.org/software/gzip/
Description-en: GNU compression utilities
This package provides the standard GNU file compression utilities, which
are also the default compression tools for Debian. They typically operate
on files with names ending in '.gz', but can also decompress files ending
in '.Z' created with 'compress'.
Description-md5: 100720c9e2c6508f1a1f3731537b38e5
Task: minimal

Package: gzip
Architecture: amd64
Version: 1.10-2ubuntu1
Priority: required
Essential: yes
Section: utils
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Bdale Garbee
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 246
Pre-Depends: libc6 (>= 2.17)
Depends: dpkg (>= 1.15.4) | install-info
Suggests: less
Filename: pool/main/g/gzip/gzip_1.10-2ubuntu1_amd64.deb
Size: 95012
MD5sum: f49bffc1ebdb9492fe297be3fbec1b93
SHA1: eec9a6c753c5781cc80bf0b53796d4761cdd4700
SHA256: f048f9998550e6fe54285777ea8f2efa4414d2d28ab6a97c273c062fb60393d9
SHA512: bf632806dc585def924f4ce2511e5b2d178f84c0a282cf2a76efae4df70574de0c94e3b073360b7ce8cfb37c43fb57f6bcc720c231ca13ba9807481656019341
Homepage: https://www.gnu.org/software/gzip/
Description-en: GNU compression utilities
This package provides the standard GNU file compression utilities, which
are also the default compression tools for Debian. They typically operate
on files with names ending in '.gz', but can also decompress files ending
in '.Z' created with 'compress'.
Description-md5: 100720c9e2c6508f1a1f3731537b38e5
Task: minimal