How to Install lbzip2 software package in Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)

How to Install lbzip2 software package in Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)

lbzip2 software package provides fast, multi-threaded bzip2 utility, 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 lbzip2 

lbzip2 is installed in your system.

Make ensure the lbzip2 package were installed using the commands given below,

$ sudo dpkg-query -l | grep lbzip2 *

You will get with lbzip2 package name, version, architecture and description in a table

lbzip2 package basic information:

Distro Ubuntu 16 04 lts xenial xerus
Section Utilities
Package lbzip2
Version 2.5-1
Description fast, multi-threaded bzip2 utility
Sub Section Utils


See Also, How to uninstall or remove lbzip2 software package from Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus) ?