How to Install and Uninstall xz-utils Package on Ubuntu 22.04 LTS (Jammy Jellyfish)

Last updated: April 30,2024

You can also install and uninstall the xz-utils on the following distributions in the same way, as they are all based on the Ubuntu system

Kubuntu 22.04 LTS
Lubuntu 22.04 LTS
Xubuntu 22.04 LTS
Ubuntu MATE 22.04 LTS
Ubuntu Studio 22.04 LTS
Pop!_OS 22.04 LTS
Zorin OS 16 / Zorin OS 17
Ubuntu Budgie 22.04

1. Install "xz-utils" package

This guide let you learn how to install xz-utils on Ubuntu 22.04 LTS (Jammy Jellyfish)


    
        
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
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2. Uninstall "xz-utils" package

Please follow the step by step instructions below to uninstall xz-utils on Ubuntu 22.04 LTS (Jammy Jellyfish):


    
        
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                sudo apt remove
            
                        
                xz-utils
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the xz-utils package on Ubuntu 22.04 LTS (Jammy Jellyfish)

Package: xz-utils
Architecture: amd64
Version: 5.2.5-2ubuntu1
Multi-Arch: foreign
Priority: standard
Section: utils
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Jonathan Nieder
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 372
Provides: lzma
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.34), liblzma5 (>= 5.2.2)
Conflicts: lzma (<< 9.22-1), xz-lzma
Breaks: lzip (<< 1.8~rc2)
Replaces: lzip (<< 1.8~rc2), xz-lzma
Filename: pool/main/x/xz-utils/xz-utils_5.2.5-2ubuntu1_amd64.deb
Size: 84820
MD5sum: ce61ad8ce695bf50162d0c06a1319ae9
SHA1: a625d6f5dbdfe5f423a237b4a33c62547e50db48
SHA256: 6b5dff988d74cc9b52eaca0c2f843f2330dcdccf981f88d8181009dd3881a7ba
SHA512: fbb66b268ac2854c5da2c7233a746b2b1d2387d070acf4c609ee13c4cedcf2653151119adc44fa9740d2ccb1b0b5807f90fac568aec03f56d41dbb3b9b0f31ac
Homepage: https://tukaani.org/xz/
Description: XZ-format compression utilities
Description-md5: ea97a558c8575aebbed2c11cbd20e0f2
Task: standard, server-minimal
Build-Essential: yes