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

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

pigz software package provides Parallel Implementation of GZip, 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 pigz 

pigz is installed in your system.

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

$ sudo dpkg-query -l | grep pigz *

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

pigz package basic information:

Distro Ubuntu 14 04 lts trusty tahr
Section Utilities
Package pigz
Version 2.3-2
Description Parallel Implementation of GZip
Sub Section Utils


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