How to Install and Uninstall xz-utils Package on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)

Last updated: May 08,2024

1. Install "xz-utils" package

This tutorial shows how to install xz-utils on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)


    
        
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                sudo apt update
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
                xz-utils
            
                    
    
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2. Uninstall "xz-utils" package

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


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

Package: xz-utils
Priority: optional
Section: utils
Installed-Size: 384
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Jonathan Nieder
Architecture: amd64
Version: 5.1.1alpha+20120614-2ubuntu2
Replaces: lzip (<< 1.8~rc2), xz-lzma
Provides: lzma
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.14), liblzma5 (>= 5.1.1alpha+20120614)
Conflicts: lzma (<< 9.22-1), xz-lzma
Breaks: lzip (<< 1.8~rc2)
Filename: pool/main/x/xz-utils/xz-utils_5.1.1alpha+20120614-2ubuntu2_amd64.deb
Size: 78794
MD5sum: 195995c093404e3ee766d04ea3cdffe6
SHA1: f4a916c08806f696435635886c240e57d12e8bc1
SHA256: e133d06874946eca85922b8b9314ab7821efce7d93a419f6ea49fe934f9a5dfa
Description-en: XZ-format compression utilities
XZ is the successor to the Lempel-Ziv/Markov-chain Algorithm
compression format, which provides memory-hungry but powerful
compression (often better than bzip2) and fast, easy decompression.
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This package provides the command line tools for working with XZ
compression, including xz, unxz, xzcat, xzgrep, and so on. They can
also handle the older LZMA format, and if invoked via appropriate
symlinks will emulate the behavior of the commands in the lzma
package.
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The XZ format is similar to the older LZMA format but includes some
improvements for general use:
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* 'file' magic for detecting XZ files;
* crc64 data integrity check;
* limited random-access reading support;
* improved support for multithreading (not used in xz-utils);
* support for flushing the encoder.
Description-md5: ea97a558c8575aebbed2c11cbd20e0f2
Multi-Arch: foreign
Homepage: http://tukaani.org/xz/
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Build-Essential: yes
Origin: Ubuntu
Supported: 5y
Task: ubuntu-core, ubuntu-desktop, ubuntu-usb, print-server, cloud-image, server, kubuntu-desktop, ubuntu-core, edubuntu-desktop, edubuntu-usb, xubuntu-core, xubuntu-desktop, mythbuntu-desktop, mythbuntu-backend-master, lubuntu-core, ubuntustudio-desktop-core, ubuntustudio-desktop, ubuntu-gnome-desktop, ubuntukylin-desktop, ubuntu-mate-core, ubuntu-mate-desktop, ubuntu-mate-cloudtop