How to Install pbzip2 software package in Ubuntu 14.04 LTS (Trusty Tahr)

How to Install pbzip2 software package in Ubuntu 14.04 LTS (Trusty Tahr)

pbzip2 software package provides parallel bzip2 implementation, 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 pbzip2 

pbzip2 is installed in your system.

Make ensure the pbzip2 package were installed using the commands given below,

$ sudo dpkg-query -l | grep pbzip2 *

You will get with pbzip2 package name, version, architecture and description in a table

pbzip2 package basic information:

Distro Ubuntu 14 04 lts trusty tahr
Section Utilities
Package pbzip2
Version 1.1.8-1
Description parallel bzip2 implementation
Sub Section Utils


See Also, How to uninstall or remove pbzip2 software package from Ubuntu 14.04 LTS (Trusty Tahr)?