How To Install zlib1g-dev on Ubuntu 20.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install zlib1g-dev on Ubuntu 20.04.
What is zlib1g-dev
zlib1g-dev is:
zlib is a library implementing the deflate compression method found in gzip and PKZIP. This package includes the development support files.
Package: zlib1g-dev Architecture: amd64 Version: 1:1.2.11.dfsg-2ubuntu1 Multi-Arch: same Priority: optional Section: libdevel Source: zlib Origin: Ubuntu Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers [email protected] Original-Maintainer: Mark Brown [email protected] Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug Installed-Size: 591 Provides: libz-dev Depends: zlib1g (= 1:1.2.11.dfsg-2ubuntu1), libc6-dev | libc-dev Conflicts: zlib1-dev Filename: pool/main/z/zlib/zlib1g-dev_1.2.11.dfsg-2ubuntu1_amd64.deb Size: 155508 MD5sum: ca109b69a7306ba3b1a7ea5af4c9ac68 SHA1: 9be45e4b341e77d5d7e3e7b3e85bb60710467efe SHA256: 9cd69c847d7b12bd9cb2c58afe8bd17fb3973361716af71eb45c0f2b6d7e6884 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.
There are three methods to install zlib1g-dev 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-dev 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-dev using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install zlib1g-dev
Install zlib1g-dev Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install zlib1g-dev using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install zlib1g-dev
Install zlib1g-dev 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-dev using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install zlib1g-dev
How To Uninstall zlib1g-dev on Ubuntu 20.04
To uninstall only the zlib1g-dev package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove zlib1g-dev
Uninstall zlib1g-dev And Its Dependencies
To uninstall zlib1g-dev and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 20.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove zlib1g-dev
Remove zlib1g-dev Configurations and Data
To remove zlib1g-dev configuration and data from Ubuntu 20.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge zlib1g-dev
Remove zlib1g-dev configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove zlib1g-dev configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge zlib1g-dev
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install zlib1g-dev package on Ubuntu 20.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
