How to Install and Uninstall zip Package on Ubuntu 22.04 LTS (Jammy Jellyfish)

Last updated: November 21,2024

You can also install and uninstall the zip 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 "zip" package

This tutorial shows how to install zip on Ubuntu 22.04 LTS (Jammy Jellyfish)


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

This guide covers the steps necessary to uninstall zip on Ubuntu 22.04 LTS (Jammy Jellyfish):


    
        
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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 zip package on Ubuntu 22.04 LTS (Jammy Jellyfish)

Package: zip
Architecture: amd64
Version: 3.0-12build2
Multi-Arch: foreign
Priority: optional
Section: utils
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Santiago Vila
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 531
Depends: libbz2-1.0, libc6 (>= 2.34)
Recommends: unzip
Filename: pool/main/z/zip/zip_3.0-12build2_amd64.deb
Size: 175730
MD5sum: e005b780185b9eef9b24c3a4943e0ba7
SHA1: c410f13c2c900d5b460f911792b271ae02e3fd0f
SHA256: f4b43f651abf5f4835792f01d97410221403f14961d363dbd2864990b97620ce
SHA512: 13f5b9c2f4be2382cb9d32e4e14fb03c809bffe87e6717461004ad6bfa78e9b661376de1e66f98873a5aee238002c22f6c2be1774be9cc9228811f01b6fc113f
Homepage: http://www.info-zip.org/Zip.html
Description: Archiver for .zip files
Description-md5: 581928d34d669e63c353cd694bd040b0
Task: ubuntu-desktop-minimal, ubuntu-desktop, ubuntu-desktop-raspi, kubuntu-desktop, xubuntu-core, xubuntu-desktop, lubuntu-desktop, ubuntustudio-desktop-core, ubuntustudio-desktop, ubuntukylin-desktop, ubuntu-mate-core, ubuntu-mate-desktop, ubuntu-budgie-desktop, ubuntu-budgie-desktop-raspi