Complete Guide: Installing zlibc on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus) 2024

1. Install "zlibc" package

Please follow the instructions below to install zlibc on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)


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

Please follow the steps below to uninstall zlibc on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus):


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

Package: zlibc
Priority: optional
Section: universe/libs
Installed-Size: 219
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Francesco Paolo Lovergine
Architecture: amd64
Version: 0.9k-4.3
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.4)
Filename: pool/universe/z/zlibc/zlibc_0.9k-4.3_amd64.deb
Size: 63948
MD5sum: 74b69a7977cbf6b99fc3d81709c4b7f5
SHA1: 9947dbd638e5dc8cd31774bd5c522df9fbb697ed
SHA256: d6855d9f5a70386f71bbe346dafd02cf916a9282472106b510418389b276efd8
Description-en: An on-fly auto-uncompressing C library
Zlibc is a preloadable shared library that allows executables to
uncompress the data files that they need on the fly. No kernel patch,
no recompilation of these executables and no recompilation of the
libraries is needed.
Description-md5: b56ddd76a94c864123bbcb378869cedb
Homepage: http://zlibc.linux.lu/
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Origin: Ubuntu