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

Last updated: May 06,2024

1. Install "zstd" package

This guide covers the steps necessary to install zstd on Ubuntu 21.10 (Impish Indri)


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

Learn how to uninstall zstd on Ubuntu 21.10 (Impish Indri):


    
        
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                sudo apt remove
            
                        
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the zstd package on Ubuntu 21.10 (Impish Indri)

Package: zstd
Architecture: amd64
Version: 1.4.8+dfsg-2.1
Priority: optional
Section: utils
Source: libzstd
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Debian Med Packaging Team
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 1654
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.33), libgcc-s1 (>= 3.3.1), liblz4-1 (>= 0.0~r127), liblzma5 (>= 5.1.1alpha+20120614), libstdc++6 (>= 6), zlib1g (>= 1:1.1.4)
Filename: pool/main/libz/libzstd/zstd_1.4.8+dfsg-2.1_amd64.deb
Size: 552572
MD5sum: 981f46fc566875faa367c8b413666c26
SHA1: 9ba41e918c296f60ca406a25417d7abbd86fe143
SHA256: 2fc0d0426d01461e488fd167ebc61e5fd59bda9d1ceb8d9c4576ac398ba3f7f4
SHA512: 8b862e77edf95b712163e23c870af9becdf3fa047ec6bdb0b8c600a97d9bb0fc6b713dbf5760174bbb2d8765d2ce8f7c695898ae4744d4b2c428d165ed8a6c55
Homepage: https://github.com/facebook/zstd
Description-en: fast lossless compression algorithm -- CLI tool
Zstd, short for Zstandard, is a fast lossless compression algorithm, targeting
real-time compression scenarios at zlib-level compression ratio.
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This package contains the CLI program implementing zstd.
Description-md5: d2e4d40bb07cc70b5a32d3b4a9b5f53d
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