How To Install zipalign on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install zipalign on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is zipalign
zipalign is:
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.
There are three methods to install zipalign on Ubuntu 18.04. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install zipalign Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install zipalign using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install zipalign
Install zipalign Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install zipalign using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install zipalign
Install zipalign 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 zipalign using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install zipalign
How To Uninstall zipalign on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the zipalign package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove zipalign
Uninstall zipalign And Its Dependencies
To uninstall zipalign and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove zipalign
Remove zipalign Configurations and Data
To remove zipalign configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge zipalign
Remove zipalign configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove zipalign configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge zipalign
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install zipalign package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
