How To Install zstd on Ubuntu 20.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install zstd on Ubuntu 20.04.
What is zstd
zstd is:
Zstd, short for Zstandard, is a fast lossless compression algorithm, targeting real-time compression scenarios at zlib-level compression ratio.
This package contains the CLI program implementing zstd.
Package: zstd Architecture: amd64 Version: 1.4.4+dfsg-3 Priority: optional Section: universe/utils Source: libzstd Origin: Ubuntu Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers [email protected] Original-Maintainer: Debian Med Packaging Team [email protected] Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug Installed-Size: 1555 Depends: libc6 (>= 2.16), libgcc-s1 (>= 3.0), liblz4-1 (>= 0.0~r127), liblzma5 (>= 5.1.1alpha+20120614), libstdc++6 (>= 6), zlib1g (>= 1:1.1.4) Filename: pool/universe/libz/libzstd/zstd_1.4.4+dfsg-3_amd64.deb Size: 343256 MD5sum: a6eee406b289f59b51b23fed1232a776 SHA1: c08fa816b4c16b3baf3bff714b922d8428a8cc2d SHA256: fa2c41d144ab414c70fbbf176dcd7adbe77fc1cb0a060fc7eec8a09ec94cd1c7 Homepage: https://github.com/facebook/zstd Description-en: fast lossless compression algorithm – CLI tool Zstd, short for Zstandard, is a fast lossless compression algorithm, targeting real-time compression scenarios at zlib-level compression ratio.
This package contains the CLI program implementing zstd.
There are three methods to install zstd 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 zstd Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install zstd using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install zstd
Install zstd Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install zstd using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install zstd
Install zstd 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 zstd using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install zstd
How To Uninstall zstd on Ubuntu 20.04
To uninstall only the zstd package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove zstd
Uninstall zstd And Its Dependencies
To uninstall zstd and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 20.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove zstd
Remove zstd Configurations and Data
To remove zstd configuration and data from Ubuntu 20.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge zstd
Remove zstd configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove zstd configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge zstd
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install zstd package on Ubuntu 20.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
