How to Install gzip software package in Debian 7 (Wheezy)

How to Install gzip software package in Debian 7 (Wheezy)

gzip software package provides GNU compression utilities, you can install in your Debian 7 (Wheezy) by running the commands given below on the terminal,

$ sudo apt-get update
$ sudo apt-get install gzip 

gzip is installed in your system.

Make ensure the gzip package were installed using the commands given below,

$ sudo dpkg-query -l | grep gzip *

You will get with gzip package name, version, architecture and description in a table

gzip package basic information:

Distro Debian 7 wheezy
Section Utilities
Package gzip
Version 1.5-1.1
Description GNU compression utilities
Sub Section Utils


See Also, How to uninstall or remove gzip software package from Debian 7 (Wheezy)?