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

Last updated: May 10,2024

1. Install "zipalign" package

This tutorial shows how to install zipalign 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 "zipalign" package

This guide covers the steps necessary to uninstall zipalign on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus):


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

Package: zipalign
Priority: extra
Section: universe/devel
Installed-Size: 63
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Android tools Maintainer
Architecture: amd64
Source: android-platform-build
Version: 1:6.0.1+r16-2
Depends: android-libandroidfw, android-liblog, android-libutils, libc6 (>= 2.14), libgcc1 (>= 1:3.0), libstdc++6 (>= 4.1.1), libzopfli1, zlib1g (>= 1:1.1.4)
Filename: pool/universe/a/android-platform-build/zipalign_6.0.1+r16-2_amd64.deb
Size: 20766
MD5sum: 66746b9c3d44712859220eaa17169c45
SHA1: 7ee6f448853844f80fb6acd012886b6357a50c46
SHA256: 125463fa7447adf62c8c49329a2ef305d30908a4726247bff5c94c83228e4295
Description-en: Zip archive alignment tool
zipalign is an archive alignment tool that provides important optimization to
Android application (.apk) files. The purpose is to ensure that all
uncompressed data starts with a particular alignment relative to the start of
the file.
Description-md5: 7f578e69f3707e2a97bd1690104188b1
Homepage: https://android.googlesource.com/platform/build
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Origin: Ubuntu