How to Install and Uninstall bzip2 Package on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)

Last updated: April 29,2024

1. Install "bzip2" package

Please follow the step by step instructions below to install bzip2 on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)


    
        
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                sudo apt update
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
                bzip2
            
                    
    
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2. Uninstall "bzip2" package

Please follow the step by step instructions below to uninstall bzip2 on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus):


    
        
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                sudo apt remove
            
                        
                bzip2
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the bzip2 package on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)

Package: bzip2
Architecture: amd64
Version: 1.0.6-8ubuntu0.2
Multi-Arch: foreign
Priority: important
Section: utils
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Anibal Monsalve Salazar
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 166
Depends: libbz2-1.0 (= 1.0.6-8ubuntu0.2), libc6 (>= 2.14)
Suggests: bzip2-doc
Replaces: libbz2 (<< 0.9.5d-3)
Filename: pool/main/b/bzip2/bzip2_1.0.6-8ubuntu0.2_amd64.deb
Size: 32532
MD5sum: 00a1bd19c17460a01af54596b0698cba
SHA1: 82832d8e7a8be4c2e9fa43f076fc65878cbed55e
SHA256: 0e9dd674f3290adca8e586479dde44ce12e3fcf551ca566ac36982d83419d3aa
SHA512: 9148b9133f14f96ad26cb3f483273cad0d959484979dfc2cc90b72e9a0f73a0f86440352a999915c66bbd0d697df9630040de749b2f336d6bf16a9f59dd1f976
Homepage: http://www.bzip.org/
Description-en: high-quality block-sorting file compressor - utilities
bzip2 is a freely available, patent free, high-quality data compressor.
It typically compresses files to within 10% to 15% of the best available
techniques, whilst being around twice as fast at compression and six
times faster at decompression.
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bzip2 compresses files using the Burrows-Wheeler block-sorting text
compression algorithm, and Huffman coding. Compression is generally
considerably better than that achieved by more conventional
LZ77/LZ78-based compressors, and approaches the performance of the PPM
family of statistical compressors.
.
The archive file format of bzip2 (.bz2) is incompatible with that of its
predecessor, bzip (.bz).
Description-md5: 26e9d96b611ed3cf741ba7007fd4f233
Task: minimal
Build-Essential: yes
Supported: 5y

Package: bzip2
Priority: important
Section: utils
Installed-Size: 114
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Anibal Monsalve Salazar
Architecture: amd64
Version: 1.0.6-8
Replaces: libbz2 (<< 0.9.5d-3)
Depends: libbz2-1.0 (= 1.0.6-8), libc6 (>= 2.14)
Suggests: bzip2-doc
Filename: pool/main/b/bzip2/bzip2_1.0.6-8_amd64.deb
Size: 32678
MD5sum: d440ba910a1ac44436a1ab12335c4629
SHA1: 35b5b02a683def8cf519675e0c54c2a8c7a3e972
SHA256: 3b0c50f93e7c01938e2e5d92abe2a309d96069b0567811f9fdd2133c0505b085
Description-en: high-quality block-sorting file compressor - utilities
bzip2 is a freely available, patent free, high-quality data compressor.
It typically compresses files to within 10% to 15% of the best available
techniques, whilst being around twice as fast at compression and six
times faster at decompression.
.
bzip2 compresses files using the Burrows-Wheeler block-sorting text
compression algorithm, and Huffman coding. Compression is generally
considerably better than that achieved by more conventional
LZ77/LZ78-based compressors, and approaches the performance of the PPM
family of statistical compressors.
.
The archive file format of bzip2 (.bz2) is incompatible with that of its
predecessor, bzip (.bz).
Description-md5: 26e9d96b611ed3cf741ba7007fd4f233
Multi-Arch: foreign
Homepage: http://www.bzip.org/
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Build-Essential: yes
Origin: Ubuntu
Supported: 5y
Task: minimal