How To Install clzip-dbg on Debian 9

In this tutorial we learn how to install clzip-dbg on Debian 9. clzip-dbg is C, lossless data compressor based on the LZMA algorithm (debug)

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install clzip-dbg on Debian 9.

What is clzip-dbg

clzip-dbg is:

Lzip is a lossless data compressor based on the LZMA algorithm, with very safe integrity checking and a user interface similar to the one of gzip or bzip2. Lzip decompresses almost as fast as gzip and compresses better than bzip2, which makes it well suited for software distribution and data archiving.

Clzip is a C language version of lzip using the lzip file format; the files produced by clzip are fully compatible with lzip.

This package contains the debugging symbols.

There are three methods to install clzip-dbg on Debian 9. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

Install clzip-dbg Using apt-get

Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install clzip-dbg using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install clzip-dbg

Install clzip-dbg Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install clzip-dbg using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install clzip-dbg

Install clzip-dbg Using aptitude

If you want to follow this method, you might need to install aptitude first since aptitude is usually not installed by default on Debian. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.

sudo aptitude update

After updating apt database, We can install clzip-dbg using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install clzip-dbg

How To Uninstall clzip-dbg on Debian 9

To uninstall only the clzip-dbg package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove clzip-dbg

Uninstall clzip-dbg And Its Dependencies

To uninstall clzip-dbg and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove clzip-dbg

Remove clzip-dbg Configurations and Data

To remove clzip-dbg configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge clzip-dbg

Remove clzip-dbg configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove clzip-dbg configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge clzip-dbg

Dependencies

clzip-dbg have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install clzip-dbg package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.