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

Last updated: May 14,2024

1. Install "lzop" package

Please follow the instructions below to install lzop on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)


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

Here is a brief guide to show you how to uninstall lzop on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus):


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

Package: lzop
Priority: optional
Section: universe/utils
Installed-Size: 91
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Peter Eisentraut
Architecture: amd64
Version: 1.03-3.2
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.14), liblzo2-2
Filename: pool/universe/l/lzop/lzop_1.03-3.2_amd64.deb
Size: 38638
MD5sum: e3847167ba1a7ba43752d084538e61d5
SHA1: 3216d3265739cfe80356fafd7176b0a32f030813
SHA256: 1137131c5b39adf8d3d35a4561e327801e7ccdc17ee7242e05ef5a458a7ef2a2
Description-en: fast compression program
lzop is a compressor similar to gzip. Its main advantages over gzip are
much higher compression and decompression speed. lzop was designed with
the following goals in mind:
1) reliability
2) speed (both compression and decompression)
3) reasonable drop-in compatibility with gzip
4) portability
Description-md5: 9b7b7921b2459079911e1b404ae54f4d
Homepage: http://www.lzop.org/
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Origin: Ubuntu