How To Install zlib1g on Ubuntu 20.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install zlib1g on Ubuntu 20.04.
What is zlib1g
zlib1g is:
zlib is a library implementing the deflate compression method found in gzip and PKZIP. This package includes the shared library. Task: minimal
Package: zlib1g Architecture: amd64 Version: 1:1.2.11.dfsg-2ubuntu1 Multi-Arch: same Priority: required Section: libs Source: zlib Origin: Ubuntu Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers [email protected] Original-Maintainer: Mark Brown [email protected] Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug Installed-Size: 163 Provides: libz1 Depends: libc6 (>= 2.14) Conflicts: zlib1 (<= 1:1.0.4-7) Breaks: libxml2 (« 2.7.6.dfsg-2), texlive-binaries (« 2009-12) Filename: pool/main/z/zlib/zlib1g_1.2.11.dfsg-2ubuntu1_amd64.deb Size: 53700 MD5sum: f4d6cf459707a3e37463ea997dc92a4a SHA1: 0fef7ea5ba285f8ca8f0a0a961da3494c156215b SHA256: dbfea100d99ffe17fcb94f62b396c0b27c15aa46e875556126c4f769dc77f1f1 Homepage: http://zlib.net/ Description-en: compression library - runtime zlib is a library implementing the deflate compression method found in gzip and PKZIP. This package includes the shared library. Task: minimal
There are three methods to install zlib1g on Ubuntu 20.04. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install zlib1g Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install zlib1g using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install zlib1g
Install zlib1g Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install zlib1g using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install zlib1g
Install zlib1g Using aptitude
If you want to follow this method, you might need to install aptitude first since aptitude is usually not installed by default on Ubuntu. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.
sudo aptitude update
After updating apt database, We can install zlib1g using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install zlib1g
How To Uninstall zlib1g on Ubuntu 20.04
To uninstall only the zlib1g package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove zlib1g
Uninstall zlib1g And Its Dependencies
To uninstall zlib1g and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 20.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove zlib1g
Remove zlib1g Configurations and Data
To remove zlib1g configuration and data from Ubuntu 20.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge zlib1g
Remove zlib1g configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove zlib1g configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge zlib1g
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install zlib1g package on Ubuntu 20.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.