How to Install and Uninstall gzip Package on Ubuntu 21.04 (Hirsute Hippo)

Last updated: January 11,2025

1. Install "gzip" package

Please follow the guidelines below to install gzip on Ubuntu 21.04 (Hirsute Hippo)


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

This guide covers the steps necessary to uninstall gzip on Ubuntu 21.04 (Hirsute Hippo):


    
        
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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 21.04 (Hirsute Hippo)

Package: gzip
Architecture: amd64
Version: 1.10-2ubuntu3
Priority: required
Essential: yes
Section: utils
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Bdale Garbee
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 244
Pre-Depends: libc6 (>= 2.17)
Depends: dpkg (>= 1.15.4) | install-info
Suggests: less
Filename: pool/main/g/gzip/gzip_1.10-2ubuntu3_amd64.deb
Size: 95076
MD5sum: 78c8c78f64ed56b6167e24b3734c19a6
SHA1: 62c41d7e84908c916c65685a5f635ab98fe90c74
SHA256: dbb550af714fcd9ed162d4788e46722feea28741f9d4a7c80d41fc66f8ee346d
SHA512: 42f24406c12e9e7afb132e63f4202a5cf6506f4a089e9f118ce3f17a53ee7f45068e20113ec2a70be83c6a1a032f924903f4e6e4c5022b4eb0edcd9390480e87
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