How to Install gzip software package in Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)

How to Install gzip software package in Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)

gzip software package provides GNU compression utilities, you can install in your Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus) 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 Ubuntu 16 04 lts xenial xerus
Section Utilities
Package gzip
Version 1.6-4ubuntu1
Description GNU compression utilities
Sub Section Utils


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