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

Last updated: April 19,2024

1. Install "pixz" package

Please follow the guidance below to install pixz on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)


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

This tutorial shows how to uninstall pixz on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus):


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

Package: pixz
Priority: optional
Section: universe/utils
Installed-Size: 55
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: David Bremner
Architecture: amd64
Version: 1.0.6-2
Depends: libarchive13, libc6 (>= 2.14), liblzma5 (>= 5.1.1alpha+20120614)
Filename: pool/universe/p/pixz/pixz_1.0.6-2_amd64.deb
Size: 19802
MD5sum: c15d5abcfd558e643d107b822898791f
SHA1: cf39453e1bb960942f0c77dfe4d69e106339bec4
SHA256: 53e16be950ea315e1a26ae169e751019507483d11ff412f2a2f09dd9a36fe14a
Description-en: parallel, indexing XZ compressor/decompressor
Pixz is a multithreaded compressor/decompressor XZ fully compatible
with those provided by xz-utils and busybox. By default it adds
indexing information when compressing tar files that allows fast
listing and partial-archive extraction.
Description-md5: 7e123820a7d60a2adcb2daed2441c2dd
Homepage: https://github.com/vasi/pixz
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Origin: Ubuntu