How To Install lhasa on Debian 11

In this tutorial we learn how to install lhasa on Debian 11. lhasa is lzh archive decompressor

Introduction

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

What is lhasa

lhasa is:

Lhasa lha is a tool for parsing LHA (.lzh) archives and a free replacement for the Unix LHA tool.

Currently it is only possible to read from (ie. decompress) archives; generating (compressing) LHA archives may be an enhancement for future versions. The aim is to be compatible with as many different variants of the LHA file format as possible, including LArc (.lzs) and PMarc (.pma).

The command line tool aims to be interface-compatible with the non-free Unix LHA tool (command line syntax and output), for backwards compatibility with tools that expect particular output.

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

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install lhasa

Install lhasa Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install lhasa

Install lhasa 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 lhasa using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install lhasa

How To Uninstall lhasa on Debian 11

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

sudo apt-get remove lhasa

Uninstall lhasa And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove lhasa

Remove lhasa Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge lhasa

Remove lhasa configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge lhasa

Dependencies

lhasa have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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