How To Install libsquashfs0 on Ubuntu 20.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install libsquashfs0 on Ubuntu 20.04. libsquashfs0 is New set of tools for working with SquashFS images - shared library

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libsquashfs0 on Ubuntu 20.04.

What is `libsquashfs0`

libsquashfs0 is:

SquashFS is a highly compressed read-only filesystem for Linux, optimized for small size and high packing density. It is widely used in embedded systems and bootable live media.

SquashFS supports many different compression formats, such as zstd, xz, zlib or lzo for both data and metadata compression. It has many features expected from popular filesystems, such as extended attributes and support for NFS export.

As the name suggests, this is not the original user space tooling for SquashFS. Here are some of the features that primarily distinguish this package from the original:

reproducible SquashFS images, i.e. deterministic packing without any local time stamps,
Linux gen_init_cpio like file listing for micro managing the file system contents, permissions, and ownership without having to replicate the file system (and especially permissions) locally,
support for SELinux contexts file (see selabel_file(5)) to generate SELinux labels.

This package contains the C libraries needed to run executables that use the squashfs-tools-ng library.

There are three methods to install libsquashfs0 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 libsquashfs0 Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install libsquashfs0 using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install libsquashfs0

Install libsquashfs0 Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install libsquashfs0 using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install libsquashfs0

Install libsquashfs0 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 libsquashfs0 using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install libsquashfs0

How To Uninstall libsquashfs0 on Ubuntu 20.04

To uninstall only the libsquashfs0 package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove libsquashfs0

Uninstall libsquashfs0 And Its Dependencies

To uninstall libsquashfs0 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 20.04, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libsquashfs0

Remove libsquashfs0 Configurations and Data

To remove libsquashfs0 configuration and data from Ubuntu 20.04 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge libsquashfs0

Remove libsquashfs0 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove libsquashfs0 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libsquashfs0

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libsquashfs0 package on Ubuntu 20.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.