How to Install and Uninstall zlib1g Package on Ubuntu 20.10 (Groovy Gorilla)

Last updated: May 15,2024

1. Install "zlib1g" package

This is a short guide on how to install zlib1g on Ubuntu 20.10 (Groovy Gorilla)


    
        
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                sudo apt update
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
                zlib1g
            
                    
    
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2. Uninstall "zlib1g" package

Please follow the guidance below to uninstall zlib1g on Ubuntu 20.10 (Groovy Gorilla):


    
        
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                sudo apt remove
            
                        
                zlib1g
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the zlib1g package on Ubuntu 20.10 (Groovy Gorilla)

Package: zlib1g
Architecture: amd64
Version: 1:1.2.11.dfsg-2ubuntu4
Multi-Arch: same
Priority: required
Section: libs
Source: zlib
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Mark Brown
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 167
Provides: libz1
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.14)
Conflicts: zlib1 (<= 1:1.0.4-7)
Breaks: libxml2 (<< 2.7.6.dfsg-2), texlive-binaries (<< 2009-12)
Filename: pool/main/z/zlib/zlib1g_1.2.11.dfsg-2ubuntu4_amd64.deb
Size: 54428
MD5sum: 51191c6ae08b9bd2763c6160fe066739
SHA1: fcad92d53dc7566e0a7f6785a4c29b433b80a69a
SHA256: a1c0cc7af444ac3818c98c6e49c8cf7e8d11fd5852e369ee0b96136cb9cd3e9e
SHA512: 8906459742deea43864b0bc36dc4d1c437fce7e4353926332d886af1c7cb258c86f4fb9219f14a64edab525634747d9f2f09e8183f30be6d093dfba941eece88
Homepage: http://zlib.net/
Description-en: compression library - runtime
zlib is a library implementing the deflate compression method found
in gzip and PKZIP. This package includes the shared library.
Description-md5: 567f396aeeb2b2b63295099aed237057
Task: minimal