How To Install kgb on Debian 10

Learn how to install kgb on Debian 10 with this tutorial. kgb is Archiver for .kgb files

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install kgb on Debian 10.

What is kgb

kgb is:

This is an archiver (compressor/decompressor) for files in the KGB format, which provides high compression rates at the expense of memory and CPU time.

This package contains the KGB archiver based on the PAQ6 archiver by Matt Mahoney.

There are three methods to install kgb on Debian 10. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

Install kgb Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install kgb

Install kgb Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install kgb

Install kgb 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 kgb using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install kgb

How To Uninstall kgb on Debian 10

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

sudo apt-get remove kgb

Uninstall kgb And Its Dependencies

To uninstall kgb and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 10, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove kgb

Remove kgb Configurations and Data

To remove kgb configuration and data from Debian 10 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge kgb

Remove kgb configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge kgb

Dependencies

kgb have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install kgb package on Debian 10 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.