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

Last updated: April 28,2024

1. Install "zip" package

Please follow the instructions below to install zip on Ubuntu 20.10 (Groovy Gorilla)


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

This tutorial shows how to uninstall zip on Ubuntu 20.10 (Groovy Gorilla):


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

Package: zip
Architecture: amd64
Version: 3.0-11build1
Multi-Arch: foreign
Priority: optional
Section: utils
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Santiago Vila
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 623
Depends: libbz2-1.0, libc6 (>= 2.14)
Recommends: unzip
Filename: pool/main/z/zip/zip_3.0-11build1_amd64.deb
Size: 167182
MD5sum: 59d9a848586c8be70c266b3eeadda32f
SHA1: dd7dfe29684c353736a386813cfe1196712d1bdc
SHA256: 800a02ee081bc8cedafe6b0a3da1193de3e0c281ae1e7a04b091db01cd301d92
SHA512: 284357eaa5dbef574ad2e82d15aabdb565ec1b58f9cac60b0a367006baaa8d613585d0c45c8afc13252dbabb31765c130c573d9b77dfab841235c0addc08893f
Homepage: http://www.info-zip.org/Zip.html
Description-en: Archiver for .zip files
This is InfoZIP's zip program. It produces files that are fully
compatible with the popular PKZIP program; however, the command line
options are not identical. In other words, the end result is the same,
but the methods differ. :-)
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This version supports encryption.
Description-md5: 581928d34d669e63c353cd694bd040b0
Task: ubuntu-desktop-minimal, ubuntu-desktop, ubuntu-desktop-raspi, kubuntu-desktop, xubuntu-core, xubuntu-desktop, lubuntu-desktop, ubuntustudio-desktop-core, ubuntustudio-desktop, ubuntukylin-desktop, ubuntu-mate-core, ubuntu-mate-desktop, ubuntu-budgie-desktop