Complete Guide: Installing pxz on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus) 2024

1. Install "pxz" package

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


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

Please follow the steps below to uninstall pxz on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus):


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

Package: pxz
Priority: optional
Section: universe/misc
Installed-Size: 33
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Holger Levsen
Architecture: amd64
Version: 4.999.99~beta5+gitfcfea93-1
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.4), libgomp1 (>= 4.9), liblzma5 (>= 5.1.1alpha+20120614)
Filename: pool/universe/p/pxz/pxz_4.999.99~beta5+gitfcfea93-1_amd64.deb
Size: 10102
MD5sum: 4e6dc067ddd5e4fda4a25ceb9440d21f
SHA1: ecc696fd5885e9886103b67bca493bd1735af432
SHA256: 015097e643a01cd7e1bffcf4af9d0555f8b55fa18b37e539321216655239fce6
Description-en: parallel LZMA compressor using liblzma
Parallel XZ is a compression utility that takes advantage of running LZMA
compression of different parts of an input file on multiple cores and
processors simultaneously. Its primary goal is to utilize all resources to
speed up compression time with minimal possible influence on compression
ratio.
Description-md5: f5380c090455dcb648f54c992ed238bd
Homepage: https://jnovy.fedorapeople.org/pxz/
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Origin: Ubuntu