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

Last updated: May 02,2024

1. Install "rzip" package

Please follow the guidelines below to install rzip on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)

$ sudo apt update $ sudo apt install rzip

2. Uninstall "rzip" package

This guide let you learn how to uninstall rzip on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus):

$ sudo apt remove rzip $ sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove

3. Information about the rzip package on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)

Package: rzip
Architecture: amd64
Version: 2.1-2ubuntu0.16.04.1
Priority: optional
Section: universe/utils
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Debian QA Group
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 71
Depends: libbz2-1.0, libc6 (>= 2.14)
Filename: pool/universe/r/rzip/rzip_2.1-2ubuntu0.16.04.1_amd64.deb
Size: 17252
MD5sum: 81661f588f6d9ab48b6eaa7ddf9130f5
SHA1: 16803d15903c3c0aaf5c27ac9f767f2b9f3db79e
SHA256: 959173eabfb387b6065f360f9980e0e32d829d4b27d75d06aba2179c195f04ca
SHA512: 6f1e09d9f33f72971aceddfb98447baf9f6c6bdf8588a4dcb1ba3163f9416201f6d80ae657b2913afde4b8490fc2642c54672b429e36ee5e44a5dd307907545a
Homepage: http://rzip.samba.org/
Description-en: compression program for large files
rzip is a compression program able to take advantage of
long distance redundancies in files, allowing greater
compression ratios. rzip uses a history buffer of up to
900MB, while gzip uses 32KB and bzip2 uses 900KB. rzip
cannot read from the standard input or write to the
standard output.
Description-md5: 3b233ba64027c7df56643e6a3cfa9ab7

Package: rzip
Priority: optional
Section: universe/utils
Installed-Size: 70
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Debian QA Group
Architecture: amd64
Version: 2.1-2
Depends: libbz2-1.0, libc6 (>= 2.14)
Filename: pool/universe/r/rzip/rzip_2.1-2_amd64.deb
Size: 18930
MD5sum: be19719b8a88dfb96d6f9f7a6a69579a
SHA1: 5e049c935e84a444ed51ba3ba728ee8493eb8a59
SHA256: 35fac2b2b0b64892e35cd22e5ec5c3a73385a22b89f0ac23e6027d4e3bdf7384
Description-en: compression program for large files
rzip is a compression program able to take advantage of
long distance redundancies in files, allowing greater
compression ratios. rzip uses a history buffer of up to
900MB, while gzip uses 32KB and bzip2 uses 900KB. rzip
cannot read from the standard input or write to the
standard output.
Description-md5: 3b233ba64027c7df56643e6a3cfa9ab7
Homepage: http://rzip.samba.org/
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Origin: Ubuntu