How to Install and Uninstall zlib1g-dev Package on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)

Last updated: November 07,2024

1. Install "zlib1g-dev" package

Please follow the steps below to install zlib1g-dev 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 "zlib1g-dev" package

Please follow the step by step instructions below to uninstall zlib1g-dev on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus):


    
        
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                sudo apt remove
            
                        
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the zlib1g-dev package on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)

Package: zlib1g-dev
Architecture: amd64
Version: 1:1.2.8.dfsg-2ubuntu4.3
Multi-Arch: same
Priority: optional
Section: libdevel
Source: zlib
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Mark Brown
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 414
Provides: libz-dev
Depends: zlib1g (= 1:1.2.8.dfsg-2ubuntu4.3), libc6-dev | libc-dev
Conflicts: zlib1-dev
Filename: pool/main/z/zlib/zlib1g-dev_1.2.8.dfsg-2ubuntu4.3_amd64.deb
Size: 166802
MD5sum: e263a640e0688092a974a3814103bbb6
SHA1: f1edfcbdb7ada7d59e50ff565820859a693a5b7d
SHA256: 68c0076f9107f4aefc0ddda61ca1c1f867fd05400774d68419e25fcfe17c3b23
SHA512: 71074ad7a04c0e0704bab720f5ad1f33b0bcc68bade28242dfd0c910cc62662f2a4a3f7c2571c3fccc3b9ab04377309578659a6dde07aa68bfd326d0834944be
Homepage: http://zlib.net/
Description-en: compression library - development
zlib is a library implementing the deflate compression method found
in gzip and PKZIP. This package includes the development support
files.
Description-md5: d7f4e8a626131fc83c643c5d59096290
Task: ubuntu-sdk-libs-dev
Supported: 5y

Package: zlib1g-dev
Priority: optional
Section: libdevel
Installed-Size: 416
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Mark Brown
Architecture: amd64
Source: zlib
Version: 1:1.2.8.dfsg-2ubuntu4
Provides: libz-dev
Depends: zlib1g (= 1:1.2.8.dfsg-2ubuntu4), libc6-dev | libc-dev
Conflicts: zlib1-dev
Filename: pool/main/z/zlib/zlib1g-dev_1.2.8.dfsg-2ubuntu4_amd64.deb
Size: 167514
MD5sum: da0bb3efa89c1b319490daa401c4f3e0
SHA1: a6958a3bb975bcbe7bbd4d895b3fd00061915632
SHA256: 3e325bb729afb58aa3a10cf32d2e893016c07a69eb3e6d08c9ad271a4072fedc
Description-en: compression library - development
zlib is a library implementing the deflate compression method found
in gzip and PKZIP. This package includes the development support
files.
Description-md5: d7f4e8a626131fc83c643c5d59096290
Multi-Arch: same
Homepage: http://zlib.net/
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Origin: Ubuntu
Supported: 5y
Task: ubuntu-sdk-libs-dev