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

Last updated: February 17,2025

1. Install "gzip" package

This tutorial shows how to install gzip on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)


    
        
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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 step by step instructions below to uninstall gzip on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus):


    
        
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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 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)

Package: gzip
Essential: yes
Priority: required
Section: utils
Installed-Size: 240
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Bdale Garbee
Architecture: amd64
Version: 1.6-4ubuntu1
Depends: dpkg (>= 1.15.4) | install-info
Pre-Depends: libc6 (>= 2.17)
Suggests: less
Filename: pool/main/g/gzip/gzip_1.6-4ubuntu1_amd64.deb
Size: 87436
MD5sum: f2a74190b327fe4c08a5f4aa6cda619a
SHA1: dbea19e85c973fb71473265407b11a7d2c3138a9
SHA256: 602ccc16cef9dfca72f5ff310e7364781bef338fb83e5ab7546ae66d5d0c2a37
Description-en: GNU compression utilities
This package provides the standard GNU file compression utilities, which
are also the default compression tools for Debian. They typically operate
on files with names ending in '.gz', but can also decompress files ending
in '.Z' created with 'compress'.
Description-md5: 100720c9e2c6508f1a1f3731537b38e5
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Origin: Ubuntu
Supported: 5y
Task: minimal