How To Install pixz on Debian 11

In this tutorial we learn how to install pixz on Debian 11. pixz is parallel, indexing XZ compressor/decompressor

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install pixz on Debian 11.

What is pixz

pixz is:

Pixz is a multithreaded compressor/decompressor XZ fully compatible with those provided by xz-utils and busybox. By default it adds indexing information when compressing tar files that allows fast listing and partial-archive extraction.

There are three methods to install pixz on Debian 11. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

Install pixz Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install pixz

Install pixz Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install pixz

Install pixz 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 pixz using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install pixz

How To Uninstall pixz on Debian 11

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

sudo apt-get remove pixz

Uninstall pixz And Its Dependencies

To uninstall pixz and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 11, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove pixz

Remove pixz Configurations and Data

To remove pixz configuration and data from Debian 11 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge pixz

Remove pixz configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge pixz

Dependencies

pixz have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install pixz package on Debian 11 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.