How to Install and Uninstall python-lzma Package on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)

Last updated: May 18,2024

1. Install "python-lzma" package

Please follow the guidelines below to install python-lzma on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)

$ sudo apt update $ sudo apt install python-lzma

2. Uninstall "python-lzma" package

Please follow the step by step instructions below to uninstall python-lzma on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus):

$ sudo apt remove python-lzma $ sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove

3. Information about the python-lzma package on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)

Package: python-lzma
Priority: optional
Section: universe/python
Installed-Size: 89
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Debian Python Modules Team
Architecture: amd64
Version: 0.5.3-3
Provides: python2.7-lzma
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.14), liblzma5 (>= 5.1.1alpha+20120614), python (<< 2.8), python (>= 2.7~), python:any (>= 2.7.5-5~)
Filename: pool/universe/p/python-lzma/python-lzma_0.5.3-3_amd64.deb
Size: 27876
MD5sum: 8c41549f365552f61d982748f3ebd813
SHA1: 17efc11da598507806c3e438383f65e9718a9de9
SHA256: 3f280da64a72f7e39aed9d346f0234f929e49297cabe5c36b0924396943110af
Description-en: Python bindings for liblzma
PylibLZMA provides a Python interface for the liblzma library for
reading and writing data that has been compressed or can be
decompressed by Lasse Collin's xz / lzma utils.
Description-md5: 70b2be51fe560c7d0f58cd3e7b75599c
Homepage: https://launchpad.net/pyliblzma
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Origin: Ubuntu
Supported: 3y
Task: xubuntu-desktop, ubuntustudio-desktop, ubuntu-sdk