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

Last updated: April 27,2024

1. Install "zip" package

Please follow the step by step instructions below to install zip on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)


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

In this section, we are going to explain the necessary steps to uninstall zip on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus):


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

Package: zip
Priority: optional
Section: utils
Installed-Size: 573
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Santiago Vila
Architecture: amd64
Version: 3.0-11
Depends: libbz2-1.0, libc6 (>= 2.14)
Recommends: unzip
Filename: pool/main/z/zip/zip_3.0-11_amd64.deb
Size: 158164
MD5sum: 863c44a05d3ba30c77285b8f53927913
SHA1: 126640d92008017a0e67e23ad797195d5390fc51
SHA256: c257ccc2c1c3e7616c303b610e5668e2cbf0e6f9ab65c1fae691a848e1de6894
Description-en: Archiver for .zip files
This is InfoZIP's zip program. It produces files that are fully
compatible with the popular PKZIP program; however, the command line
options are not identical. In other words, the end result is the same,
but the methods differ. :-)
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This version supports encryption.
Description-md5: 581928d34d669e63c353cd694bd040b0
Multi-Arch: foreign
Homepage: http://www.info-zip.org/Zip.html
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Origin: Ubuntu
Supported: 5y
Task: ubuntu-desktop, ubuntu-usb, kubuntu-desktop, edubuntu-desktop, edubuntu-usb, xubuntu-core, xubuntu-desktop, mythbuntu-desktop, lubuntu-core, ubuntustudio-desktop-core, ubuntustudio-desktop, ubuntu-gnome-desktop, ubuntukylin-desktop, ubuntu-mate-core, ubuntu-mate-desktop, ubuntu-mate-cloudtop