How to Install and Uninstall gzip Package on Ubuntu 23.10 (Mantic Minotaur)

Last updated: November 26,2024

1. Install "gzip" package

This guide covers the steps necessary to install gzip on Ubuntu 23.10 (Mantic Minotaur)


    
        
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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 steps below to uninstall gzip on Ubuntu 23.10 (Mantic Minotaur):


    
        
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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 23.10 (Mantic Minotaur)

Package: gzip
Architecture: amd64
Version: 1.12-1ubuntu1
Priority: required
Essential: yes
Section: utils
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Milan Kupcevic
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 253
Pre-Depends: libc6 (>= 2.34)
Depends: dpkg (>= 1.15.4) | install-info
Suggests: less
Filename: pool/main/g/gzip/gzip_1.12-1ubuntu1_amd64.deb
Size: 98422
MD5sum: d3ac3bc3609fe70e05b3b7f8e6e4bef6
SHA1: bb4adce41cab1211089a74e2090f63f921264c79
SHA256: b4a18a11b76dd0c03bf0a3722a13751dff02749f6074ee10e89db2d0118b33b0
SHA512: 3c13ca0951a3efa2640750af04d5efe2ec521b9866532e6bb8c9d79e2a0d16a10d63c7d3c6c35aaa96c477daec72d4f57f91a071991c09cc388d64f520eab50e
Homepage: https://www.gnu.org/software/gzip/
Description: GNU compression utilities
Description-md5: 100720c9e2c6508f1a1f3731537b38e5
Task: minimal