How To Install lunzip on Debian 11
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install lunzip on Debian 11.
What is lunzip
lunzip is:
Lzip is a lossless data compressor based on the LZMA algorithm, with very safe integrity checking and a user interface similar to the one of gzip or bzip2.
This package contains the decompressor.
There are three methods to install lunzip 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 lunzip Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install lunzip using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install lunzip
Install lunzip Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install lunzip using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install lunzip
Install lunzip 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 lunzip using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install lunzip
How To Uninstall lunzip on Debian 11
To uninstall only the lunzip package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove lunzip
Uninstall lunzip And Its Dependencies
To uninstall lunzip and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 11, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove lunzip
Remove lunzip Configurations and Data
To remove lunzip configuration and data from Debian 11 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge lunzip
Remove lunzip configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove lunzip configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge lunzip
Dependencies
lunzip have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install lunzip package on Debian 11 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
