How To Install libquazip1 on Ubuntu 18.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install libquazip1 on Ubuntu 18.04. libquazip1 is C++ wrapper for ZIP/UNZIP (Qt4 build)

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libquazip1 on Ubuntu 18.04.

What is libquazip1

libquazip1 is:

QuaZIP is a simple C++ wrapper over Gilles Vollant’s ZIP/UNZIP package that can be used to access ZIP archives. It uses Trolltech’s Qt toolkit.

QuaZIP allows you to access files inside ZIP archives using QIODevice API, and that means that you can also use QTextStream, QDataStream or whatever you would like to use on your zipped files.

QuaZIP provides complete abstraction of the ZIP/UNZIP API, for both reading from and writing to ZIP archives.

QuaZIP is by default built using Qt4 libraries.

There are three methods to install libquazip1 on Ubuntu 18.04. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

Install libquazip1 Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install libquazip1 using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install libquazip1

Install libquazip1 Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install libquazip1 using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install libquazip1

Install libquazip1 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 libquazip1 using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install libquazip1

How To Uninstall libquazip1 on Ubuntu 18.04

To uninstall only the libquazip1 package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove libquazip1

Uninstall libquazip1 And Its Dependencies

To uninstall libquazip1 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libquazip1

Remove libquazip1 Configurations and Data

To remove libquazip1 configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge libquazip1

Remove libquazip1 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove libquazip1 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libquazip1

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libquazip1 package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.