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How To Uninstall zlib1g-dev On Ubuntu 15.04
To uninstall zlib1g-dev just follow these instructions.
Are you having problems? You can always add zlib1g-devagain by following the instructions at this link.
Uninstall just zlib1g-dev
http://installion.co.uk/ubuntu/vivid/main/z/zlib1g-dev/uninstall/index.htmlcompression library – developmentUbuntu 15.04libdevel1:1.2.8.dfsg-2ubuntu1sudo apt-get remove zlib1g-dev
This will remove just the zlib1g-dev package itself.
Uninstall zlib1g-dev and its dependencies
sudo apt-get remove --auto-remove zlib1g-dev
This will remove the zlib1g-dev package and any other dependant packages which are no longer needed.
Purging your config/data too
If you also want to delete your local/config files for zlib1g-dev then this will work.
Caution! Purged config/data can not be restored by reinstalling the package.
sudo apt-get purge zlib1g-dev
Or similarly, like this zlib1g-dev
sudo apt-get purge --auto-remove zlib1g-dev
Package Data
| Package | zlib1g-dev |
| Version | 1:1.2.8.dfsg-2ubuntu1 |
| Maintainer | Ubuntu Developers <[email protected]> |
| Home page | http://zlib.net/ |
| Description | compression library – development |
| Distro | ubuntu |
| Release | vivid |
| Repo | main |
| Section | libdevel |