How to Install and Uninstall libsz2 Package on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)

Last updated: May 10,2024

1. Install "libsz2" package

This guide covers the steps necessary to install libsz2 on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)


    
        
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
                libsz2
            
                    
    
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2. Uninstall "libsz2" package

In this section, we are going to explain the necessary steps to uninstall libsz2 on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus):


    
        
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                sudo apt remove
            
                        
                libsz2
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the libsz2 package on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)

Package: libsz2
Priority: optional
Section: universe/libs
Installed-Size: 24
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Alastair McKinstry
Architecture: amd64
Source: libaec
Version: 0.3.2-1
Depends: libaec0, libc6 (>= 2.14)
Filename: pool/universe/liba/libaec/libsz2_0.3.2-1_amd64.deb
Size: 5048
MD5sum: cbaf3ffc034e40eac97e706b19ebe581
SHA1: 4833e32c4b92e8ce3a5727fdda7d55e9a06c8364
SHA256: 22abda05e44fcdc8b6c8460ababd784df855f48cbb8955758be40f42a035bfe7
Description-en: Adaptive Entropy Coding library - SZIP
Libaec provides fast lossless compression of 1 up to 32 bit wide
signed or unsigned integers (samples).
Libaec implements Golomb Rice coding as defined in the Space Data
System Standard documents 121.0-B-2 [1] and 120.0-G-2[2].
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This package provides a free drop-in replacement for the SZIP
compression library.
Description-md5: 81965572fa7032369ae23b1dacd70f5a
Multi-Arch: same
Homepage: https://www.dkrz.de/redmine/projects/aec
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Origin: Ubuntu