How to Install and Uninstall gzip Package on Ubuntu 21.10 (Impish Indri)

Last updated: May 18,2024

1. Install "gzip" package

This guide let you learn how to install gzip on Ubuntu 21.10 (Impish Indri)


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

Please follow the step by step instructions below to uninstall gzip on Ubuntu 21.10 (Impish Indri):


    
        
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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 21.10 (Impish Indri)

Package: gzip
Architecture: amd64
Version: 1.10-4ubuntu1
Priority: required
Essential: yes
Section: utils
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Milan Kupcevic
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 236
Pre-Depends: libc6 (>= 2.33)
Depends: dpkg (>= 1.15.4) | install-info
Suggests: less
Filename: pool/main/g/gzip/gzip_1.10-4ubuntu1_amd64.deb
Size: 92924
MD5sum: f46c9073753039c8b91b088dd548238f
SHA1: 30e49d6b2a926ff1f442c7154091b432944710aa
SHA256: 191df3ea3d1e14d8ed3ecea04469ec55bceeb7422917e7e2fdc2e00e41723ef1
SHA512: 2345115126b6b3edcdc043e355174fb1eba740deb17395cb4c4bbdd9ffe9adf0f0b9eaae3096a51d3f2f195d3248ede65cfc28bb466d2379f532157c152ff2de
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