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

Last updated: May 14,2024

1. Install "zlib1g-dev" package

Learn how to install zlib1g-dev on Ubuntu 20.10 (Groovy Gorilla)


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

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


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

Package: zlib1g-dev
Architecture: amd64
Version: 1:1.2.11.dfsg-2ubuntu4
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: 594
Provides: libz-dev
Depends: zlib1g (= 1:1.2.11.dfsg-2ubuntu4), libc6-dev | libc-dev
Conflicts: zlib1-dev
Filename: pool/main/z/zlib/zlib1g-dev_1.2.11.dfsg-2ubuntu4_amd64.deb
Size: 156444
MD5sum: 236e678b9ba2d4bf233b7e02e64bb5b0
SHA1: 495b511ef718e084d1f7d599b373958f1ae17654
SHA256: 61ca4ad362b4245ae76ca0cbdbf384e6947a737aee2fa967382433bb15f7b00d
SHA512: d2aa14f73f7b491e1523ac20e8450e6c4e7b8eb262096d51a2fcfea8ef867baabd3409b938218cedbaaa4a5269d8555e62b81e44e38b2af1f2693fae24012c86
Homepage: http://zlib.net/
Description-en: compression library - development
zlib is a library implementing the deflate compression method found
in gzip and PKZIP. This package includes the development support
files.
Description-md5: d7f4e8a626131fc83c643c5d59096290