How to Install and Uninstall libzim-dev Package on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)

Last updated: February 28,2025

1. Install "libzim-dev" package

This is a short guide on how to install libzim-dev on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)


    
        
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                sudo apt update
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
                libzim-dev
            
                    
    
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2. Uninstall "libzim-dev" package

Please follow the guidance below to uninstall libzim-dev on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus):


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

Package: libzim-dev
Priority: optional
Section: universe/libdevel
Installed-Size: 771
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Jonas Smedegaard
Architecture: amd64
Source: zimlib
Version: 1.2-9
Depends: liblzma-dev, libzim0v5 (= 1.2-9)
Filename: pool/universe/z/zimlib/libzim-dev_1.2-9_amd64.deb
Size: 126548
MD5sum: 4d61659e4db2a3846932389ae7121f30
SHA1: aa1086f0810b726b16077300a32de7b192a9935c
SHA256: 09ab75a48a2538f114693db267c2e075840043b3640fba91ad2bacdffca0600e
Description-en: library implementation of ZIM specifications (development)
ZIM (Zeno IMproved) is an open file format for storing the contents of
wiki for offline usage. This file format is primarily focused on
providing the contents of Wikipedia and Wikimedia projects for offline
use.
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zimlib is the standard implementation of ZIM specification, which
implements the read and write method for ZIM files.
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ZIM is a file format created with focus on extracting and encoding data
from Mediawiki for offline use.
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This package contains development files.
Description-md5: 8baca2f573358e867741d6abf956387b
Homepage: http://www.openzim.org/wiki/Zimlib
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Origin: Ubuntu