How to Install lzip software package in Ubuntu 14.04 LTS (Trusty Tahr)

How to Install lzip software package in Ubuntu 14.04 LTS (Trusty Tahr)

lzip software package provides lossless data compressor based on the LZMA algorithm, you can install in your Ubuntu 14.04 LTS (Trusty Tahr) by running the commands given below on the terminal,

$ sudo apt-get update
$ sudo apt-get install lzip 

lzip is installed in your system.

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

$ sudo dpkg-query -l | grep lzip *

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

lzip package basic information:

Distro Ubuntu 14 04 lts trusty tahr
Section Utilities
Package lzip
Version 1.14-2
Description lossless data compressor based on the LZMA algorithm
Sub Section Utils


See Also, How to uninstall or remove lzip software package from Ubuntu 14.04 LTS (Trusty Tahr)?