How To Install fuse-zip on Ubuntu 20.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install fuse-zip on Ubuntu 20.04.
What is fuse-zip
fuse-zip is:
fuse-zip is a FUSE file system to navigate, extract, create and modify ZIP archives. With fuse-zip, you can work with ZIP archives as real directories.
fuse-zip is faster that other known FUSE implementations of ZIP directories, and includes full write support.
There are three methods to install fuse-zip on Ubuntu 20.04. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install fuse-zip Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install fuse-zip using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install fuse-zip
Install fuse-zip Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install fuse-zip using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install fuse-zip
Install fuse-zip 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 Ubuntu. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.
sudo aptitude update
After updating apt database, We can install fuse-zip using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install fuse-zip
How To Uninstall fuse-zip on Ubuntu 20.04
To uninstall only the fuse-zip package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove fuse-zip
Uninstall fuse-zip And Its Dependencies
To uninstall fuse-zip and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 20.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove fuse-zip
Remove fuse-zip Configurations and Data
To remove fuse-zip configuration and data from Ubuntu 20.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge fuse-zip
Remove fuse-zip configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove fuse-zip configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge fuse-zip
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install fuse-zip package on Ubuntu 20.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
