Whenever you want to move your documents or files from one place to another, it gets all the more convenient to do so if the said entities are zipped. "plzip" is one of such utility that is very effective in zipping your desired documents.

Here at Ibmi Media, as part of our Server Management Services, we regularly help our Customers to perform related Linux system tools installation queries.

In this context, we shall look into how to install the plzip utility on a Linux Mint 20 machine.

Steps to install the plzip utility on a Linux Mint 20

1. Perform System Update

To begin, you need to update all the required packages of your system that are pre-installed with the below command:

$ sudo apt-get update

2. Install plzip on the system

Next, install the plzip utility with the below command:

$ sudo apt-get install –y plzip 

3. Confirm the Installation of plzip on Linux Mint 20

After installation of the plzip Software, you can confirm it by running the below command:

$ plzip --version

From the output, you will know the exact version of the plzip utility installed on the system.

How to learn more about the plzip Utility on Linux Mint 20 ?

If you want to use the plzip utility for zipping your files, you need to check out its help manual first with the following command:

$ plzip --help

The output will display the different ways in which the plzip utility can be used.

How to use the plzip Utility to Zip a Sample File ?

Here, you can use it to zip a file with the help of the following command:

$ plzip –k xyz.txt

Here, We have used the "-k" option with the "plzip" command because we also wanted to keep the input file intact. Both the input file and the zipped file will be displayed.

How to uninstall plzip from Linux Mint 20 ?

To remove the plzip utility from Linux Mint 20, you can simply run the following command:

$ sudo apt-get purge --autoremove plzip

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