How To Install gzip on Ubuntu
Posted on April 1, 2023 (Last modified on May 20, 2023 )
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Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install gzip on Ubuntu.
What is gzip
gzip is:
This package provides the standard GNU file compression utilities, which are also the default compression tools for Debian. They typically operate on files with names ending in ‘.gz’, but can also decompress files ending in ‘.Z’ created with ‘compress’.
There are three methods to install gzip on Ubuntu. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install gzip Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install gzip using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install gzip
Install gzip Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install gzip using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install gzip
Install gzip 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 gzip using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install gzip
How To Uninstall gzip on Ubuntu
To uninstall only the gzip package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove gzip
Uninstall gzip And Its Dependencies
To uninstall gzip and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove gzip
Remove gzip Configurations and Data
To remove gzip configuration and data from Ubuntu we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge gzip
Remove gzip configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove gzip configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge gzip
Dependencies
gzip have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install gzip package on Ubuntu using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.