How to Install and Uninstall gzip-win32 Package on Ubuntu 21.04 (Hirsute Hippo)

Last updated: May 20,2024

1. Install "gzip-win32" package

In this section, we are going to explain the necessary steps to install gzip-win32 on Ubuntu 21.04 (Hirsute Hippo)


    
        
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                sudo apt update
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
                gzip-win32
            
                    
    
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2. Uninstall "gzip-win32" package

Please follow the step by step instructions below to uninstall gzip-win32 on Ubuntu 21.04 (Hirsute Hippo):


    
        
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                sudo apt remove
            
                        
                gzip-win32
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the gzip-win32 package on Ubuntu 21.04 (Hirsute Hippo)

Package: gzip-win32
Architecture: all
Version: 1.10-2ubuntu3
Priority: extra
Section: universe/utils
Source: gzip
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Bdale Garbee
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 234
Suggests: wine
Filename: pool/universe/g/gzip/gzip-win32_1.10-2ubuntu3_all.deb
Size: 91888
MD5sum: a57a7a8137516893c200c28d760551d3
SHA1: 13a54bced9a553f283bc95a8a345975d7f1c5bfd
SHA256: 868cc7cdb0bd707ea5312d5d51ec228500dee2469fca67565fa0003e290709a2
SHA512: d54b3bca7f3020e1420a375183d48cba73f8d87a5869ca7ad4426afa8a7183826ae4312dc72cf15d50a39dd6bb069c32950d1f4ee618d0e20fca49d03aa06538
Homepage: https://www.gnu.org/software/gzip/
Description-en: GNU compression utility (win32 build)
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'.
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This is a win32 version of gzip, meant to be used by the win32-loader
component of Debian-Installer.
Description-md5: e1c784131c15eb806040dfad0caa8369